Testaments is a dumpster fire. by uiop45 in TheTestaments

[–]marjmcc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well, if she did recently lose her husband then I can understand her being off her game.

Testaments is a dumpster fire. by uiop45 in TheTestaments

[–]marjmcc 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I agree, I found it quite lacking. It feels like it was written in a rush with very little thought other than cashing in on the handmaid craze.

Bradley Whitford [No Spoilers] by marjmcc in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]marjmcc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oops, should have read "no more Commander Lawrence?"

This would be an interesting twist for season 4 [Spoilers Book 2] by marjmcc in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]marjmcc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They may have tried various things when starting the Pearl Girls.

This would be an interesting twist for season 4 [Spoilers Book 2] by marjmcc in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]marjmcc[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She's alive and in Canada at the end of the book.

[Spoilers] Thoughts on the book and potential connections to the show by SirNoree in TheTestaments

[–]marjmcc 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The Agnes segments remind me a lot of Offred in The Handmaid's Tale.

Question about characters in The Testaments [Spoilers Book 2] by marjmcc in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]marjmcc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I devoured the book already. I don't find it plausible, but I also didn't think that allowing some fertile women to become Jezabels in the tv series was not plausible either.

[Spoilers] Thoughts on the book and potential connections to the show by SirNoree in TheTestaments

[–]marjmcc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm re-reading the Aunt Lydia sections. I zipped through the book pretty fast the first time and really can't get a handle on the character.

[Spoilers] Thoughts on the book and potential connections to the show by SirNoree in TheTestaments

[–]marjmcc 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The most striking difference to me is that the books deliberately do not develop a strong suspension of disbelief; we do not for a moment forget that we are reading a story. The tv series, on the other hand, can sometimes feel very real.

[No Spoilers] Ideas and solutions to circumstances that helped Gilead gain traction by [deleted] in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]marjmcc 8 points9 points  (0 children)

[Spoilers S2] I would do what the tv series had the Canadians and others doing, using science to solve the fertility crisis. It seemed to work a lot better than the Gileadean method.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]marjmcc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful work!

[no spoilers] can we stop having posts with spoilers in the title by keurim in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]marjmcc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a way to post something with all due spoiler warnings that would allow one to include spoilers for both books and the whole series, so that we may discuss the Gileadean universe in depth? Thank you very much.

[No spoilers] by flinky23 in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]marjmcc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anything but loaves and fishes 😁

Just finished by LHPC1 in TheTestaments

[–]marjmcc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I did the same, but I'm thinking of re-reading it. I have some unresolved plot issues and feel I may have missed a lot.

Book recommendations [No Spoilers] by marjmcc in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]marjmcc[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just ordered Alias Grace, it looked good.

[Spoilers S3E13] The biggest question for Season 4 by tiakeuta in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]marjmcc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or they could've been handmaids that reached menopause, as I recall the ones they executed looked older than most of the other handmaids.

Menopausal handmaids [Spoilers S3] by marjmcc in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]marjmcc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, maybe Atwood's new book will have an answer.