![]() ![]() This takes place in a "future" world where women (called eves) are created purely for male pleasure. With elements of The Stepford Wives, 1984, The Handmaid's Tale and Mean Girls' this book is ABSOLUTELY one of the more unusual, disturbing, and intriguing books that I have read in quite some time.Īpparently it was first published as a young adult book but is now being republished as an adult book. He grabs hold on my sleeve and begins to drag me towards a black van. I can hear someone cutting grass somewhere. When he opens the front door the sunlight almost blinds me. I stand up and leave the room with this stranger. I mean, it's the same book! Same setting, same characters, same message!" "I'm 99% sure I just read The Handmaid's Tale. Look, it has a Jeanette Winterson quote on the cover" ![]() ![]() "No, that's Only Ever Yours, the debut novel from Irish YA writer Louise O'Neill. ![]() "Oh god! What is this!? I swear I just read The Handmaid's Tale!" "Barry that says Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill" "No I didn't! I literally just finished reading it," I hold up the book. "Uhm, Barry, you read and reviewed The Handmaid's Tale months ago." "Barry, I heard you speaking out loud whilst you were typing and you mentioned The Handmaid's Tale?" Since its publication it has become a pillar of dystopian fict. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is a truly great work. ![]()
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