My one and only read so far this year was Margaret Atwood's sequel to "The Handmaid's Tail". "Testaments" takes place a few years after the events of both the original book and the Hulu streaming series."Testaments" is a collections of recollections and ... testaments ... from various girls and women in the theocratic authoritarian nation of Gilead. Many of the testaments are from characters in the streaming series as well as a few from the original book.
When I started reading this book I had a difficult time trying to put the story together. The chapters, while interesting, seemed disjointed. This changed as you progressed and the various stories began to weave together to a satisfying cohesive ending.
While the original Handmaid's Tale was a bit dark and dreary, Testaments tried to end the reader with some hope. I read this before the Pandemic exploded but I would say the ending is a good one for the times we live in teaching us that all bad things, through the work of many, will come to an end someday.
I gave this book four stars out of five on Goodreads because it was interesting and had an uplifting message at its conclusion.
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