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+title: The Handmaid's Tale
+date: '2017-05-30T22:02:31-07:00'
+categories: book
+tags: book fiction great scifi
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+Taya started watching the Hulu show based on this book, and before I wanted to watch it I had to
+read the book, so I picked up [*The Handmaid's Tale][handmaid-amazon] and got to work. Due to recent
+developments in politics, this book as well as *1984* are once again best sellers, and after having
+read this one I can understand why.
+
+This book makes you think about how
+easy it can be to just go with the flow, but how dire the consequences of that path of least
+resistance can potentially be.
+
+> We lived, as usual, by ignoring. Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.
+
+There were parts of the book written in a different style which seemed to signify a different
+meaning. The parts at night were more loose and dream like, explaining what goes on at night can
+feel that way. The ending was a bit weird, I had one interpretation of it that made me feel better
+about it later on, but initially it was annoying. I highly recommend the book, and now I can watch
+the show.
+
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+[handmaid-amazon]:      http://a.co/8tar4PK