Links to every Metawitches post related to Margaret Atwood and Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, in order, so y’all can skip the tag. I’ll add future seasons (and the rest of S3) as they arrive.
Season 1
Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale: Watch the New Trailer– Series description and trailer analysis.
HULU’s The Handmaid’s Tale Season 1 Analysis and Commentary– Review and in depth analysis.
Continue reading “The Handmaid’s Tale: Every Recap in Order”
My non spoilery review of The Testaments is HERE. This post will comment on the book in detail and assumes readers have already finished reading it.
This is going to be a series of observations and analysis, in no particular order, rather than a straight review. I’d love to hear what everyone else thinks and if you agree or disagree with me. There are minor spoilers for the TV series The Handmaid’s Tale.
Continue reading “The Testaments by Margaret Atwood: Spoilery Discussion”
“Only dead people are allowed to have statues, but I have been given one while still alive. Already I am petrified.”
These are the opening words of The Testaments, written by one of the book’s three narrators, each of whom is already known to readers of the original book, The Handmaid’s Tale, and the acclaimed Hulu series based on the book. The words were written by the author of books, of course, Margaret Atwood, who once made a cameo appearance in the series as an Aunt.
In Gilead, Aunts are the caste of middle aged women who are in charge of other women, especially the handmaids. They are the only women who are allowed to be educated, including learning to read and write and having access to books.
In the novel, the author of these words reveals herself to be Aunt Lydia, spirited enforcer of the rules with a tendency to play favorites. The self awareness, dry wit and double entendre involved in the comment are indicative of the journey Aunt Lydia and Margaret Atwood are about to take us on. Lydia is honest with herself, if no one else, and has no illusions about what her place in history will be. But, unlike most of the women in Gilead, she chose her own destiny with her eyes wide open.
Continue reading “Book Review- The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood”
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