Summer reading
Drop everything and read The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. Now. Go. Now.
So, I read the Handmaid's Tale. It was pretty meh. It seemed like nothing really happened - Offred accepted her fate and didn't really try to rebel. In most dystopian books, the main character fights and tries to overthrow the government, forces of evil, etc to escape to a better life with her family/friends. I've never seen the show on Hulu, but I suspect they've made it more interesting with other things.
A Wrinkle in Time. I never read it before and wanted to read it before seeing the movie to nitpick it. This was another meh. For its time, it was a groundbreaking book. YA before there was YA. Maybe I've been spoiled by the contemporary YA books to have appreciated it.
What are y'all reading?
So, I read the Handmaid's Tale. It was pretty meh. It seemed like nothing really happened - Offred accepted her fate and didn't really try to rebel. In most dystopian books, the main character fights and tries to overthrow the government, forces of evil, etc to escape to a better life with her family/friends. I've never seen the show on Hulu, but I suspect they've made it more interesting with other things.
A Wrinkle in Time. I never read it before and wanted to read it before seeing the movie to nitpick it. This was another meh. For its time, it was a groundbreaking book. YA before there was YA. Maybe I've been spoiled by the contemporary YA books to have appreciated it.
What are y'all reading?