The sequel can be found in the non-fiction section of your local independent bookstore.
You’re going to have to define fiction and non-fiction for some. And then there’ll be the one asking for the fictional version of the true story. And don’t get me started on all the whiny ass punks that need help finding the self-help section.
Couldn’t watch after season one. Too violent and hopeless. Small victories notwithstanding.
I haven’t watch the Hulu production because I read the book. I read the book back in the early 90s because there was a movie on Showtime or HBO which stared Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth McGovern, Aidan Quinn, and Robert Duvall. It was written poorly, the stars were trying, and the premise interested me enough to seek out the book and read it.
I read the book and saw the movie back in the day, but the HULU show is absolutely excellent. Brilliantly written, stunning performances, and gorgeous cinematography. Yes, the first season was quite bleak, but there’s hope.That’s all I’ll say. There’s always hope.
I thought this whole pic was fake until I saw the AP story on it. Seriously WTF.
My first impression was Khashoggi-like bloody remains. Really creepy.
I agree the series is excellent, the acting and scripting especially, and I basically watch the show because of that, because it’s well done and the story line holds my interest – and because certain shows, this one included, become so ingrained in the popular culture that watching becomes attached to something like cultural literacy.
But I’m not sure there’s hope in it. I read the book so long ago, back in the mid eighties when it first came out, that I’m not sure I remember it well at all, but it doesn’t seem to me there was any hope in it either.
I don’t want to spoil the show for anyone else, but I think we’ve seen plenty of examples of hope in seemingly hopeless situations. Moira.
Wow was I happy for Moira, and there are little victories like that, you’re right. But I don’t foresee a happy ending generally. Though you never know. This is entertainment.
Agreed. I don’t see a happy ending coming either, but I do foresee a triumphant one.
Well…I just read an online synopsis of the novel online because I really couldn’t remember how it ends and apparently Gilead does fall. But we don’t see it happen. There’s a frame narrative, set in the future, centering on the character who discovered Offred’s diaries. But Offred’s fate is left ambiguous.
I was probably dissatisfied with that when I read the book. I probably wanted to know that Offred got out, and didn’t like the idea that the Eyes might have taken her away.
Relax, Maggie. We’re writing it for you.