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elgan - 2006-01-25 17:07:18
I have never been fond of Atwood, although I really have tried. The only book of hers I really liked was Cat�s Eye. The Edible Woman was actually pretty good, but then, as you said, she doesn�t really seem to like women.
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whyme63 - 2006-01-26 08:51:36
To me, it doesn't seem that she likes people very much. In spite of that, I do like some of her books. I have to take each on its own terms--I'm not a wholesale fan.
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Harriet - 2006-01-26 10:27:36
I agree with both of you. Cat's Eye was my favorite too, as were some of the stories in The Edible Woman. I find Atwood consistently disappointing, but yet there's something that keeps me reading. I've read most of her books (even some of her poetry which is pretty consistently dreadful). She's one of those authors that I read because of her imperfections. She may be generally misanthropic, but I still think it's women who are the seat of her frustration. She seems to be particularly sensitive to competitive behavior between women and seems not to trust female friendships.
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readersguide - 2006-01-26 14:36:01
"I think Atwood wants to be a feminist writer but she always seems to run into trouble. She just doesn�t seem to like women very much." I think that's exactly it. I sort of liked Alias Grace because it was historically interesting, but generally her view of the world is so miserable and unpleasant --
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