The Testaments

Book 1 of 1 in The Handmaid's Tale #2

2019

by Margaret Atwood

The Testaments, Margaret Atwood's highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, unfolds the darkly compelling story of Gilead more than fifteen years after Offred's ambiguous end. With The Testaments, Atwood opens the innermost workings of Gilead and brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion through the voices of three female narrators.

Two of the narrators, Daisy and Agnes, have grown up as part of the first generation in the new order of Gilead. They are joined by a third voice, Aunt Lydia, who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets. Each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.

As the regime of Gilead begins to rot from within, these three women's lives converge in a potentially explosive manner. The Testaments answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades, offering a harrowing and exhilarating exploration of resistance against oppression.

Reviews

Review by ivette
I read the first part at the beginning of the year and It disappointed me a bit because I thought (weirdly) that the tv version was better, more gruesome, specific and intense. However, I loved this second part, not only because it answers questions, but because it does so in a magnificent way by choosing three characters that give us a 360 view of the women of Gilead. Even if you know more or less what's going to happen, you get submerged in the story. At least that happened to me. I hope you enjoy too.
Likeless so far. Lead the way
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