Book Club

[pateacher]

The Handmaid's Tale will be aired on Hulu beginning April 26.

Our book club chose this as a selection a few years ago.

Definitely different, not to mention dystopian.

[Big Joanie]

This book and the original movie gave me the creeps....

[smoky22]

@pateacher  I wouldn't say it's an enjoyable book, but it is well written and I'm glad I read it.  I don't get Hulu so you'll have to let us know what you think of this adaptation.  

[insomniac2]

I don't know why it had to be redone. The movie version was very good.

[pateacher]

Just put that out there for information.

After I read the book, I had a hard enough time erasing some of the scenes from my head, nevermind what I might see on a screen.

After The Handmaid's Tale, I read The Blind Assassin, which I very much enjoyed, though it, too, was a little disturbing.  Maybe I was in a better mood to accept it.  Who knows?

[Sooner]

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@pateacher wrote:

Just put that out there for information.

After I read the book, I had a hard enough time erasing some of the scenes from my head, nevermind what I might see on a screen.

After The Handmaid's Tale, I read The Blind Assassin, which I very much enjoyed, though it, too, was a little disturbing.  Maybe I was in a better mood to accept it.  Who knows?

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Nope.  THe Handmaid's Tale was a dark and disturbing book I thought.  You couldn't pay me to see the movie.   Now I've read a lot of dark books, but something about this one was just "soulless" to me. . . 

[mollybgood]

I recently enjoyed listening to a 6-part podcast play

based on Atwood's book. I don't have hulu, but I plan

to watch the DVD when it becomes available ~ maybe

sooner if Amazon offers it to Prime members.

[bella-luna]

Well, shoot...I just bought a copy of The Handmaid's Tale at Target a few weeks ago. I don't mind dark (to a point),  but dystopian is not my thing. Guess I should have researched it before I purchased! haha  I actually have The Blind Assassin, which I found at my library's book shop, so yay! 

[mollybgood]

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@bella-luna wrote:

Well, shoot...I just bought a copy of The Handmaid's Tale at Target a few weeks ago. I don't mind dark (to a point),  but dystopian is not my thing. Guess I should have researched it before I purchased! haha  I actually have The Blind Assassin, which I found at my library's book shop, so yay! 

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@bella-luna

I am not normally into dystopian plots, but I did enjoy the podcast play based on the book.

[bella-luna]

@mollybgood I love podcasts! I did a quick Google search and found Wondry's Secrets, Crimes & Audiotape podcast. Is that the one?  I just subscribed via my podcast app, PocketCasts.