Sunday, October 16, 2011

The Handmaid's Tale

I so liked The Blind Assassin that I decided to buy another book from the same author - and this one was just as engrossing. I decided to buy after reading that it was a sci - fi novel. I had imagined this would be like Asimov - turned out it was anything but that. Either way, I liked the book - very imaginative, with implied references to historical events all over. It gives a good third person perspective into events ordinarily seen in a different light.

The story is very imaginative, perhaps that is the reason why it got classified as science fiction. I would perhaps classify it more as fantasy. More on the lines of Midnight's Children. Well.. not really, but somewhat.

Good Read.

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