Kind of like 1984 - brilliant political satire but painful to re-read.
I've never re-read it, and had no desire to. It is brilliant, absolutely, but I was literally physically and mentally upset for a good two or three days after I finished it, which I think was sometime during my senior year in high school. I remember coming to dinner that night with my parents, and after a few bites of food, I told them I didn't feel well, and left the table.
Horrifying novel, and many years later I remember having almost a similar reaction with A Handmaid's Tale I understand that the recent TV version of that story is highly acclaimed, but I've never watched it, and not sure I ever will.
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Date: 2021-09-22 05:55 am (UTC)I've never re-read it, and had no desire to. It is brilliant, absolutely, but I was literally physically and mentally upset for a good two or three days after I finished it, which I think was sometime during my senior year in high school. I remember coming to dinner that night with my parents, and after a few bites of food, I told them I didn't feel well, and left the table.
Horrifying novel, and many years later I remember having almost a similar reaction with A Handmaid's Tale I understand that the recent TV version of that story is highly acclaimed, but I've never watched it, and not sure I ever will.