RoseIsBadWolf t1_j0mo4wf wrote on December 17, 2022 at 8:52 PM

I tried to read it and couldn't get through.

But I LOVED Oryx and Craike. So maybe it just wasn't my thing.

Honeycrispcombe t1_j0o77my wrote on December 18, 2022 at 3:59 AM

Oh man I'm the exact opposite. Loved Handmaid's Tale. Hated Oryx and Craike.

RoseIsBadWolf t1_j0o7cnw wrote on December 18, 2022 at 4:00 AM

Interesting.

I feel like I usually like all of what an author has written. I probably wouldn't have tried Atwood again but I went camping and someone brought the book along.

Honeycrispcombe t1_j0ooeya wrote on December 18, 2022 at 6:54 AM

Atwood's style changes a lot from book to book, much more so than most authors.

I also think the Handmaid's Tale is the best thing she'll ever write, and that makes it harder for me to enjoy her other works, I think, since to me they're just very unlikely to ever be as good.