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I am nervous about Testaments - I was very reluctant to read it after my more recent experiences with The Heart Goes Last and Maddaddam (both subjectively bad novels, in my opinion). It also feels like a sequel that just wasn't necessary. Handmaid's Tale has a PERFECT conclusion - I am skeptical that Testaments is really going to be... Erm. Supplemental? Additive? It feels like a bad idea.
We'll see shortly, eh.
— Feb 24, 2026 09:15AM
We'll see shortly, eh.
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"...I am a great proponent of 'better'. In the absence of 'best'.
Which is how we live now."
These statements - so direct, but at the same time so circumspect. The economy of language is just striking in all that it communicates.
Sofa king good.
It's really singular, when you need to describe how your broader circumstances have deteriorated as a society - it's just so shameful and depressing and profound.
— Feb 25, 2026 05:13PM
Which is how we live now."
These statements - so direct, but at the same time so circumspect. The economy of language is just striking in all that it communicates.
Sofa king good.
It's really singular, when you need to describe how your broader circumstances have deteriorated as a society - it's just so shameful and depressing and profound.
Chris
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Something about this feels... safer.
There are so many unknowns in Gilead that are becoming known. The terrors and the oppression and the fear just seem to have fallen away.
This really doesn't feel like a sequel. It feels like something written in the same universe, from different perspectives, without such a heavy sense of consequence.
That being said, Testaments is exceeding my expectations thus far.
— Feb 24, 2026 04:53PM
There are so many unknowns in Gilead that are becoming known. The terrors and the oppression and the fear just seem to have fallen away.
This really doesn't feel like a sequel. It feels like something written in the same universe, from different perspectives, without such a heavy sense of consequence.
That being said, Testaments is exceeding my expectations thus far.
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Feb 24, 2026 10:09AM
it’s in such a different voice and perspective i might like the testaments more than HMT. hope you do too
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That's good to hear! Thanks Ryan - I am hopeful!
I think The Testaments was totally unnecessary and an optional read after Handmaid’s Tale, BUT I also quite enjoyed it. MUCH better than The Heart Goes Last and Maddaddam. Hope you have a good experience with it!
Thanks Aerin - this feedback is definitely reassuring!
