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The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

31 reviews

leonormsousa's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Abandonment, Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, War, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Grief, Torture, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

jaylaccey's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Margaret Atwood is truly a phenomenal writer. She grips you into the world of Gilead and challenges you to think about how this society could possible come to be from the basis of our own. History cannot repeat itself, and it were, we could be looking at a society similar to Gilead. A perfect sequel to the Handmaid's tale, a book that ends with a slight glimmer of hope. The Testaments hand you a glowing jar of hope at the end, begging you to hold onto it, so that it may inspire you to not let an evil dystopia take it away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Child death, Murder, Religious bigotry, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Classism, Misogyny, Self harm, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

theallmightyme's review

challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Murder, Incest, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide attempt

isabellesbookroom's review

reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

I really enjoyed this book. It gave a lot of information for the world of Gilead that wasn’t in handmaids tale. It was a bit predictable but I didn’t mind. I would recommend if you loved handmaids tale. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Medical trauma

lynnd's review

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Loved the prose and the format. So intriguing. Makes you hungry for more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

hopeful tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Vomit, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Genocide, Infertility, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Violence

overdramaticsoprano's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Misogyny

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Miscarriage, War, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Minor: Rape

hurricaneflora's review

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

nneka's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

What a page turner! This was an excellent sequel to the handmaid's tale. Atwood truly does have a way with words. The book answered so many (but not all of) the questions that I had from reading the handmaids tale, and really allowed me to reflect on our current society and the small and less extreme similarities that modern society has to Gilead. It was also really good that we had two different perspectives from those raised and not raised in Gilead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Death

karol99's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Infertility, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Miscarriage, War, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Murder

Minor: Torture