I tried reading The Handmaid’s Tale several years ago and struggled to get into it, I felt like it kept jumping around but it wasn’t immediately obvious right away. I think I ended up giving up about 25% the way through which I’ve never done with any book. I’d seen the show too which I thought would have helped. Maybe I’ll give it another go sometime.
I read it recently and I liked it but I felt I would have been confused at the beginning had I not seen the show first. The early chapters keep what’s happening kind of mysterious. It’s about a third of the way in we find out about the ritual rape. Like in the show, there are ALOT of flashbacks and the present day story is slow moving
I tried reading The Handmaid’s Tale several years ago and struggled to get into it, I felt like it kept jumping around but it wasn’t immediately obvious right away. I think I ended up giving up about 25% the way through which I’ve never done with any book. I’d seen the show too which I thought would have helped. Maybe I’ll give it another go sometime.
I read it recently and I liked it but I felt I would have been confused at the beginning had I not seen the show first. The early chapters keep what’s happening kind of mysterious. It’s about a third of the way in we find out about the ritual rape. Like in the show, there are ALOT of flashbacks and the present day story is slow moving
Yeah, I want to say the first half was pretty difficult reading. Very experiential and kinda postmodern. It’s almost like being in shock.
It’s also pretty difficult emotionally.
Amazing that it was written so long ago. I only made it about halfish into the first season of the show.