I’m not sure whether this has already appeared on this thread, but I’m giving it another chance as everyone says good things about it. Some things are much better when you put them down and pick them up again years later. This is definitely one of those things.
I think you have to forget about the book while watching the series.
Serena (Mrs Waterford) in the book, as I recall, was much older, had crippling arthritis and was one of the main architects of Gilead - in the series she is young, active gets pregnant, has a finger removed and, like the other wives, is basically powerless except over other women.
The basic premise of the book and the series are the same but otherwise to compare the two is pointless, they are very, very different animals.
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We watched Oklahoma City: American Terror this evening.
There’s not much new information in it, but it was interesting. There’s also a PBS documentary about it… it might have been a Frontline episode, which was also good.
The U.S. is in the midst of a slow burning civil war. The mass murder at Florida State University yesterday was perpetrated by a White Supremacist, and there have been many other instances of far-right violence in recent years. Trump has ceased investigations into far-right groups, so it’s only a matter of time until another big event happens.
I’m impressed that you have read the book Bruce. Attwood was quite a niche read for our menfolk. I recall it was published by Virago press, a champion of feminist literature in the 70s/80s.
The trouble with this dramatisation is that many might think that it is one and the same. Attwood has herself said that it’s not realistic that these characters are still alive so many seasons on. She sold her rights years ago, so she has no real control other than some consultation input.
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I read it a very long time ago, shortly after it was published (1980s?).
In the early 1970s while travelling through the Middle East and Asia I was discussing books with a friend I had met, he had studied English at Uni in the UK. I have always been an avid reader but talking to him I discovered I had read very little written by female authors (actually apart from Enid Blyton and Beatrix Potter virtually nothing)
Since then I have made a point of reading female authors including Kathy Lette, Sarah Waters, Kate Atkinson, Val Mcdermid, Zadie Smith, Kathy Reichs, Jane Harper, Ayaan Hirst Ali, Carol Jones, Harper Lee, Elizabeth Jolley, Jeannie Gunn, Jane Austen and many, many more. Margaret Attwood was just one of them.
That doesn’t mean I don’t read male authors am currently reading my way through about 20 Harlan Coben novels that I bought at the Canberra Book Fair.
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I’ve watched all the series, the actress playing the main role was great, but not for the faint-hearted 
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Hi, I watched the 1st episode the other day (Adolescence) and liked it. I will be watching the other episodes soon.
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I finished Parenthood yesterday, I’m lost now, I can’t find another series with similar format, I’ve already seen This is Us, which was very good, even though too tear-jerking at times.
I’ll probably go back to Gilmore Girls which I had left half way through the 2nd series and also stars Lauren Graham, a lovely actress.
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Hi, I finished watching (Adolescence) yesterday (OMG) it was really good 
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Pleased to find a ten year old mini series on Netflix call Capital. I didn’t know it existed, and I remember enjoying the book about twenty years ago. Quite amusing.
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After my Parenthood binge-watching finished, I’ve gone back to Gilmore Girls, love it! Yipeee, another binge! 
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You will find it hard to let go of Gilmore Girls when the binge ends. I watched it a few years ago and it’s very enjoyable.
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Wednesday returns Aug 6th
seen one episode, two more to go, addictive but not sure what to make of it really.
I’ve started watching The Four Seasons, a comedy/drama mini-series starring Steve Carell, quite good , I’m curious to carry on watching, which is very positive, I often leave a new series quickly if I’m not convinced.
We watched the beginning of The Four Seasons yesterday, not convinced, gave up and started The Replacement.
Perhaps we could have given it more time, we found it noisy, too many people being ‘funny’ at the same time.
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Don’t know if it’s been mentioned before …
Harlan Coben’s, The Stranger. It was made a few years ago now, and watchable.
Recommendations for things not to watch :
- The Eternaut
- The Eternaut
3…
I managed to get to episode 4 and then decided enough is enough! If you like sci fi /horror it’s for you.