The Handmaid's Tale (Book)

I realize that I kind of did things backward by watching the Hulu produced series of The Handmaid's Tale before reading Margaret Atwood's novel. But I was so impressed by the show, that I wanted to see what the source material was like. And it was even better than expected. The TV show managed to convey the same tone created in the novel as well as many of the events-the series stayed very true to the book, but I have read it will go beyond the book int he second season of the series. Atwood has created a truly frightening and feasible alternate reality. The unfolding of the narrative was also very well paced revealing significant details as if in real time.b It is an impressive novel, I will have to search out some of her other titles as well. This type of speculative fiction is on par with that of J.G. Ballard in his prime.