If you know about The Handmaid’s Tale, you may have heard that its author, Margaret Atwood wrote a new book about Gilead which was released a few weeks back. If you are not familiar with it or with the tv show (guys, I’m finally watching it with le barbu and we love it!), the story depicts a whole new system happening in what’s today the US, approximately, and where women are divided into different categories: the aunt, the wives, the marthas and the handmaids. In the first book, we follow the journey of a handmaid, whose life is only useful to make children. I can’t describe how this dystopia has scared me while opening my eyes at the same time (even though I did not enjoy it). It is scary because we are all a little bit scared that this sort of world can happen in real life.

Now, in The Testaments, we follow three different person: an aunt (whom we’ve read about in the first book), a future wife in Gilead and a girl in Canada. Their stories give a little bit more information about their world, fifteen years later. It is still scary, but really interesting as we are given new point of views, not just those of handmaids. I really enjoyed this book, I could not put it down for days. We have courageous and strong women who have an extraordinary journey and act for freedom, for a greater world. 

Have you read it? What about The Handmaid’s Tale?

Okay, let me tell you: October was not a good reading month for me. I think it was the first time I stopped reading so many books halfway through them because they were boring and did not have a point. I also noticed that I struggle a lot with YA books and it’s really not my thing. I’m definitely too old for teens characters that can be so frustrating and boring. But I still wanted to talk about the few books I did achieve. Spoiler alert: I did not fall in love with any of those books, sadly.