La servante écarlate

Paperback, 346 pages

French language

Published July 6, 2006

ISBN:: 978-2-290-34710-2

Dans un futur peut-être proche, dans des lieux qui semblent familiers, l'Ordre a été restauré. L'Etat, avec le soutien de sa milice d'Anges noirs, applique à la lettre les préceptes d'un Evangile revisité. Dans cette société régie par l'oppression, sous couvert de protéger les femmes, la maternité est réservée à la caste des Servantes, tout de rouge vêtues. L'une d'elle raconte son quotidien de douleur, d'angoisse et de soumission. Son seul refuge, ce sont les souvenirs d'une vie révolue, d'un temps où elle était libre, où elle avait encore un nom. Une œuvre d'une grande force, qui se fait tour à tour pamphlet contre les fanatismes, apologie des droits de la femme et éloge du bonheur présent.

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Lasairiona reviewed The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Meh

2 stars

I read the Handmaid's Tale yesterday, finally. I'm disappointed. I did not like the writing style at all, there was no real story, just descriptions. And then it just ended. No conclusion or anything.

My best guess it's because the TV show was so intense and well made (at least the earlier seasons), and the book was... Not? Episodes would stay with me for days, but I'm struggling to recall the book.

Maybe the book is supposed to be unsatisfying to go with the theme. Nothing much happened after Gilead was created, every day just kinda goes by. Sure there was some torture and death, but... Eh.

Maybe I was expecting too much after all the praise it got. It's my first Atwood book, and way way outside of my usual genre (fantasy, scifi, horror).

I read the Handmaid's Tale yesterday, finally. I'm disappointed. I did not like the writing style at all, there was no real story, just descriptions. And then it just ended. No conclusion or anything.

My best guess it's because the TV show was so intense and well made (at least the earlier seasons), and the book was... Not? Episodes would stay with me for days, but I'm struggling to recall the book.

Maybe the book is supposed to be unsatisfying to go with the theme. Nothing much happened after Gilead was created, every day just kinda goes by. Sure there was some torture and death, but... Eh.

Maybe I was expecting too much after all the praise it got. It's my first Atwood book, and way way outside of my usual genre (fantasy, scifi, horror).