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It is derivative in the extreme. I'm allowed to be bored by mediocrity, sorry, it doesn't take anything away from you if you enjoyed it. Quite ironic the implie

It is derivative in the extreme. I'm allowed to be bored by mediocrity, sorry, it doesn't take anything away from you if you enjoyed it. Quite ironic the implied peer pressure implicit in your reply - I must like it or I am so stupid as to confuse it with a knockoff. I also am not a fan of Harry Potter. These are the sort of books that are wildly popular amongst people who otherwise don't read anything at all. So I suppose it is better than nothing.

sircastor 4y ago
I think they’re mostly alluding to the fact that the book’s title is The Handmaid’s Tale and not The Handmaiden’s Tale as you wrote.
- jonsty2023 4y ago
  Handmaiden’s Tail no less
- recuter 4y ago
  Autocorrect strikes again. My bad. Shamful Disprey.
matthewmacleod 4y ago
I must like it or I am so stupid as to confuse it with a knockoff The thing is, your response to the novel is out of whack to the point that it becomes a legitimate (if snarky) question – especially given that you made multiple mistakes in the title! I think it would be fair to say that the novel is as close as it comes to being objectively not "hot garbage" – multi-award winning, widely-praised, multiple adaptations, massive cultural impact and so on. You're not obliged to like everything—I for one have absolutely zero interest in Harry Potter—but if you're going to go out of your way to hyperbolise then don't be surprised if you get pushback on it.
- recuter 4y ago
  > multi-award winning, widely-praised, multiple adaptations, massive cultural impact and so on Can say the same about about Marvel movies and Fifty Shades of Grey. > but if you're going to go out of your way to hyperbolise then don't be surprised if you get pushback on it. I simply wrote that I think it sucks but don't support banning it. As for surprise at screeching over tedium, who could be at this day and age. I already said I insist on your right to awful taste and screeching - just not at me. Begone to your Oprah's Book Club schlock you absolute philistines :P
- yamtaddle 4y ago
  Hot garbage is a big overstatement, but I'd agree that its fame has more to do with hitting a nerve than with its being a remarkably good book. I'd personally probably put it at the bottom of the Atwood novels I've read—but, at the same time, might well recommend it first to many people coming to Atwood, today. It's not bad, it's "hot" right now, and it's not a challenging read (unlike, say, Surfacing)
  - recuter 4y ago
    Thanks for being a reasonable person, refreshing. :)
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sircastor 4y ago

I think they’re mostly alluding to the fact that the book’s title is The Handmaid’s Tale and not The Handmaiden’s Tale as you wrote.

jonsty2023 4y ago
Handmaiden’s Tail no less
recuter 4y ago
Autocorrect strikes again. My bad. Shamful Disprey.

matthewmacleod 4y ago

I must like it or I am so stupid as to confuse it with a knockoff The thing is, your response to the novel is out of whack to the point that it becomes a legitimate (if snarky) question – especially given that you made multiple mistakes in the title! I think it would be fair to say that the novel is as close as it comes to being objectively not "hot garbage" – multi-award winning, widely-praised, multiple adaptations, massive cultural impact and so on. You're not obliged to like everything—I for one have absolutely zero interest in Harry Potter—but if you're going to go out of your way to hyperbolise then don't be surprised if you get pushback on it.

recuter 4y ago
> multi-award winning, widely-praised, multiple adaptations, massive cultural impact and so on Can say the same about about Marvel movies and Fifty Shades of Grey. > but if you're going to go out of your way to hyperbolise then don't be surprised if you get pushback on it. I simply wrote that I think it sucks but don't support banning it. As for surprise at screeching over tedium, who could be at this day and age. I already said I insist on your right to awful taste and screeching - just not at me. Begone to your Oprah's Book Club schlock you absolute philistines :P
yamtaddle 4y ago
Hot garbage is a big overstatement, but I'd agree that its fame has more to do with hitting a nerve than with its being a remarkably good book. I'd personally probably put it at the bottom of the Atwood novels I've read—but, at the same time, might well recommend it first to many people coming to Atwood, today. It's not bad, it's "hot" right now, and it's not a challenging read (unlike, say, Surfacing)
- recuter 4y ago
  Thanks for being a reasonable person, refreshing. :)

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