Started "the Handmaidens Tale"

[jarysm]

So far I like it, and find it just as enjoyable and intellectual as some of my favorite dystopia scifi novels. The attention Margret Attwood pays to the inequities of the setting flow organically from the thoughts of her main character. She does a good job with the world building as well. After playing Half Life 2 it's easy to look at and appreciate the details that sell the abrupt change in the history of the world, and the slow march to the present, with respect to culture and politics especially.
The look at the nature of liberty is believably in character too. I'm glad it's a page turner, because I have been eager to read it for a while.
Sorry Emmerific, for having it for so long, I will return it to you as soon as i am finished, which will be very soon at this rate.