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The prolonged section describe the child slave/sex trade are just awful.
It feels to me to be a narrative devoid if a story at the moment. Its endless backstory just lumped on endlessly. Atwood was clearly borm to write, theres no doubting the elegant swiftness and beauty of her prose. But i find myself disengaged from the overall thing; the post apocalyptic aspects seem almost banal compared to some other attempts.
— Apr 13, 2026 08:29AM
It feels to me to be a narrative devoid if a story at the moment. Its endless backstory just lumped on endlessly. Atwood was clearly borm to write, theres no doubting the elegant swiftness and beauty of her prose. But i find myself disengaged from the overall thing; the post apocalyptic aspects seem almost banal compared to some other attempts.
