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她，沒有名字，有的只是主人的姓氏。
她，沒有過去，當然也不會有未來。
她，不能言語，沒有自由，只能完全信奉上帝。
她，紅色是她唯一的制服；她存活的唯一任務就是生育，子宮是她生存的工具。
基列共和國裡，男女階級分明，父權主宰了這個社會的一切。女人被嚴苛的控制著，無法有自主的工作，不能擁有財產，依照剩餘價值被分配擔任不同職務。
「使女」是其一，她們沒有名字，不能閱讀、與人交談，被剝奪情與慾，絕不容隱密的慾望之花有盛開之機；只是長著兩條腿的子宮，職司和社會領導者大主教交合，以便繁衍下一代。
本書記錄了一名在基列共和國時期擔任「使女」的心情故事。她馴服在權威體制裡，心靈卻自有主張，一步步挑戰禁忌……記錄的年代久遠不可考，但情節之荒誕駭人，卻熟悉莫名地叫人心驚。
這本題材及技巧上都十分「後現代」的作品，作者發揮想像力之極致，掌握時間的線性流動，是過去也是未來。細膩、深刻，在迷人的敘述中反覆辯證人與女人的價值。極具藝術性、思想性及可讀性。
《使女的故事》是歐美文學界推崇不已的作品，也是瑪格麗特最廣受討論之書，已被列入重要經典作品中。各大學也都有專門學者及課程研討此書。
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Loved the book 🫶🏻 THE ENDING WOAW😲 I strongly recommend it! It's so important to understand history to not repeat it and everything in the book has already happened.. It's so crazy 😥
From the very beginning, there’s this constant sense of dread, like something is deeply wrong and there’s no way out of it. The world is stripped down to control, power, and survival, and women are reduced to nothing but vessels. No identity, no voice, no autonomy. Just existence for someone else’s purpose. It’s horrifying, and what makes it worse is how believable it feels.
The whole idea of Gilead isn’t loud or chaotic in a typical dystopian way. It’s controlled. Structured. Justified. That’s what makes it scary. The system doesn’t see itself as evil, it sees itself as necessary. And that’s where the book really hits. It shows how easily people can be conditioned, how oppression can be dressed up as order, and how quickly rights can disappear when fear and ideology take over.
Offred as a narrator adds another layer to it. She’s not some rebellious hero trying to tear the system down. She’s surviving. Remembering. Holding onto pieces of who she used to be in a world that’s actively trying to erase her. And that line between resistance and submission is so blurred it makes everything feel even heavier.
At the same time, I get why some people struggle with it. The writing can feel very deliberate, almost too aware of itself at times, and the pacing isn’t fast. It’s not a plot-driven book. It’s atmosphere, tension, and internal unraveling. If you’re expecting constant action, you’re not getting that here.
But honestly? That slowness works in its favor. It forces you to sit in the discomfort. To actually think about what’s happening instead of just consuming it and moving on.
And the scariest part is how relevant it still feels. This doesn’t read like some distant, impossible future. It reads like something that could happen if the wrong ideas are pushed far enough.
Overall, this is one of those books that I respect more than I “enjoyed,” but it’s undeniably powerful.
A book where the hype matches the story. There is a lot going on and some aspects Atwood could have expanded on (We are not told about the rest of the world for instance).