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Cuthbert Allgood

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11. The Testaments reaction/discussion (I will keep spoiler material to a minimum)
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 10:22 PM
Oct 2019

I REALLY like the Aunt Lydia exploration. She did fantastic with that character. It is an Atwood masterclass in character development. The other two? Yikes. It was way too YA dystopian for me. And I get that it sells, but Atwood is better than that. I also get they were to be foils for each other highlighting what life in each society would be, but the were just way too one-dimensional and trope-ish. And I fully agree that the ending was weak. For anyone. Not just Atwood.

Mycroft Holmes graphic novel is gold.

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