Ella Kellner’s Reviews > The Handmaid's Tale: The Seminal Work of Dystopian Feminist Fiction > Status Update

For a book that is deeply distressing, the prose and diction that describes Offred, her anguish, and constant awareness of wrong is incredible to read. Fantastic writing, but now unfortunately too realistic — what is intended as a book that will sit heavily in your mind both while reading and for a long time after, has the current energy of an event that I now feel is impeding rather than a thought experiment.