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The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) by Margaret Atwood

29 reviews

happyunicorn7's review

dark tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Rape

Moderate: Sexism, Confinement, Blood, Body shaming, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Classism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Infertility, Death, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse

rhiannon814r's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Infertility, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Blood, and Slavery

Moderate: Infidelity, Death, Trafficking, Suicide, Misogyny, and Colonisation

Minor: Body shaming, Abortion, and Miscarriage

karydiazc's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Me regalaron este libro y debo decir que fue un muy bien regalo. Es di ícil y desgarrador es pensar lo fácil que algo así podría suceder en nuestra sociedad con el movimiento de algunas personas en el poder. 

Este es un libro que toca temas fuertes que tal vez a simple vista no lo pareciera, pero te deja pensando. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Miscarriage, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Rape

Moderate: Confinement, Gaslighting, Death, Infertility, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Rape

coopclown's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Homophobia, Infertility, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, War, Confinement, Infidelity, Suicide, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Genocide, Body shaming, Classism, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Torture

Minor: Fatphobia, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

kasaya_mt33's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This dystopian world that Atwood has created is chilling in its portrayal of female bodily autonomy and how it can be erased from society. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infertility, Suicide, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

kooky_kayla's review

challenging dark sad

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Rape and Miscarriage

queerloras's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Rape, Miscarriage, Blood, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Suicide, Body shaming, Police brutality, and Sexual assault

theaceofpages's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

3.5

I don't know how much it is because I don't read many graphic novels,  but I feel like you might struggle to follow this if you aren't familiar with the story. I'm vaguely familiar with the plot but still felt a little lost at times. That being said, the art is absolutely beautiful and I enjoyed the different colour choices for different times and themes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infertility, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Rape, and Infidelity

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion

taija_p's review

adventurous dark sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide, Hate crime, War, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Violence

howlinglibraries's review

5.0

 I've never read The Handmaid's Tale in its original format (or seen the television show), but I was generally familiar with the subject and so, when I saw that my library had a graphic novel adaptation, I thought that might be a good way of determining if I want to pick up the original novel or not.

Since this is my introduction to the story, I can't say if it's a faithful adaptation, but I can say that it was an excellent, haunting read on its own. It didn't delve into much backstory at all on how things came to be or what life is like for women outside of The Red Centre, but it touched briefly on the conditions in the Colonies and Jezebel's, and it definitely made me interested in learning more. My only complaint was that the ending felt so abrupt, but at the same time, I can see that it was done so intentionally, and it made sense. I probably won't be rushing to pick up the original book right away, but only because I know it's going to be such a difficult read emotionally.

✨ Representation: queer and BIPOC side characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Transphobia, Rape, Misogyny, Infidelity, Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Murder, Blood, Religious bigotry, Infertility, Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, and War