Margaret Atwood, etc.

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Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid and Her Tale

There is something about Marg that rubs me the wrong way. Can't put my finger on it quite. Take The Handmaid's Tale. Go ahead, take it.

Not that it's a bad book.

It would be a good book if it were written by someone else.

Stephen King, say.

The Handmaid's Tale is a good story; it's just not executed well. In Atwood's hands, despite she being the titular handmaid, it just feels off somehow, as though something's not quite matching up.

Then there's Stephen King, a good solid writer who could use better material much of the time.

One of the exceptions being Carrie, but then his wife helped him with that.