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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The Handmaid's Tale - Season 1 in TV

Aug 3, 2017

Incredibly powerful (1 more)

Elizabeth Moss and Joseph Fiennes is fantastic

Very graphic at times (0 more)

Masterful adaptation of Atwood's classic book

There was a lot riding on this TV show, more than 30 years after the original book came out. But it was unbelievably dark, even more so than the book, and completely adjusted for contemporary times. Attacking various structures where women have fought hard for their rights such as the workplace, LGBTQ rights, FGM and pro-choice - this series shows how the state can take those rights away and take control of women's bodies. Extremely grim viewing, it really is a difficult watch.

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Dana (24 KP) rated The House in Paris in Books

Mar 23, 2018

For a more contemporary fiction feel to the book, I actually enjoyed it.

This was a slower book than I normally pick up. I had to read it for one of my classes, but it was pretty interesting. It was cool to be able to see the overlapping instances from chapter to chapter and even be able to see those same kind of overlaps in the past and present sections.

The characters didn't have anything particularly likable to them, but they were so well written that I didn't care that I didn't overly like them as people.