This is a book I read at college but I didn’t like it. It was shocking and terrifying. I also didn’t like the way the book was constructed but I don’t think it could be done in any other way. It was meant to illustrate the power that such a revolution would have on you and it certainly did that for me. I was confused as to how such a thing could take place but so is Offred and everyone else. That is why they fight to overcome the system. Offred is very strong and resistant to the new regime but sensible enough to know that you have to act a certain way to survive. I don’t want to give the game away to any of you who haven’t read it or seen the TV series. I expect the follow up The Testaments is where the material for later series comes from.
Have you found any unexpected novels that you persevered with and later understood them much better?
The English Introvert 
I found ‘the last battle’, the last of the Narnia series hard to read and understand as a child. I only understand it as an adult, the new Narnia being heaven.
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I saved the book for over a year as I didn’t want to finish the series but then I was disappointed when I read it. I don’t think I understood it though.
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