Like many others I had waited a long time for Atwood to complete the written story of Gilead. After the TV series I think she chose well to choose three different voices, rather than simply follow June. Aunt Lydia is a powerful, disturbing presence throughout. Is she merely self-serving? The story rattles along but the ending is a little too neat a resolution. Perhaps because she chooses optimism - tyrannies are brought down by resistance.
(Christine Miller - bwl 95 Winter 2020 ) |
