Leah’s Reviews > The Handmaid’s Tale > Status Update

I bought this when it first came out because the cover was so interesting, but I just didn’t understand satire at the time and couldn’t stomach the first chapters. I thought the author hated women! 30 year later, I’ve just started it and I don’t want to put it down! I already love all the subtle acts of defiance and the fact that the main character has memory of her old life of freedom. Powerful!