It’s not worth reading IMO. It reads like YA fiction she’s lost her edge and the fear and claustrophobia of the first is totally gone. In my head it doesn’t exist
I remember hearing that they brought her on the first show to consult but didn’t give her any kind of actual authority and she butted heads with them a lot over the story. I’ve always suspected she suddenly threw a sequel out knowing Hulu would pick it up to try to force the shows narrative in the directions she wanted by forcing it to meet a sequel’s plot.
I didn’t read the book, sounded awful, but I saw many that did speculating she used a ghost writer. But then again I hated the Oryx and Crake sequels so my feelings about her as a sequel writer are already poor.
I agree with you she was trying to steer the show, but didn’t. The book is really disappointing and the writing style is weak, so a ghost writer wouldn’t surprise me
I don’t know why Atwood felt the need to write a sequel.
I have read the Tale but not the sequel. I have no desire to. Even though it ended on a cliffhanger, I felt the core story had been told well.
It’s not worth reading IMO. It reads like YA fiction she’s lost her edge and the fear and claustrophobia of the first is totally gone. In my head it doesn’t exist
I remember hearing that they brought her on the first show to consult but didn’t give her any kind of actual authority and she butted heads with them a lot over the story. I’ve always suspected she suddenly threw a sequel out knowing Hulu would pick it up to try to force the shows narrative in the directions she wanted by forcing it to meet a sequel’s plot.
I didn’t read the book, sounded awful, but I saw many that did speculating she used a ghost writer. But then again I hated the Oryx and Crake sequels so my feelings about her as a sequel writer are already poor.
I agree with you she was trying to steer the show, but didn’t. The book is really disappointing and the writing style is weak, so a ghost writer wouldn’t surprise me