2.5 stars
I have to be honest that I am mostly still processing this strange book. As a big fan of Margaret Atwood, I had a hard time rating it below 3 stars because I still enjoyed the writing and the strangeness of it all. I will say, though, that this is my least favorite of her books. It follows a wholly unlikable married couple who sign on for the Positron project after unemployment and a crumbling society forces them into more dangerous situations. The project involves spending one month in prison and one month in the very structured community. My trouble with this books stems from the unbelievability of the premise and I never really bought into the environment that she wrote about. The two characters are horrid and I don't believe they are every really redeemed. Atwood's normal insights into society were not quite up to par and there were some really ludicrous and random elements to the story. I am still trying to figure out if there was some important message that I just missed while reading. Overall, I remain a devoted Atwood reader but this one is definitely not one of my favorites. I received this from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
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