The Blind Assassin

Very atmospheric and moody, but a bit slow, and I was distracted a lot at work while audiobooking, so: grain of salt.

Might be part of an unintentional trilogy with House of the Spirits and another book that I knew I'd forget if I didn't write down...and did, cause I didn't.

A modern classic. One of the best novels I've read in recent memory. Interesting characters, a bit of mystery, and Atwood's pristine prose are enough to carry a book with minimal plot.

I've started and stopped this book a number of times before finally following through. I don't know whether it is particularly complex, or if it is just hard for me to follow the sci-fi subplot, or if I am just dumb. But now that I've finished it I really really liked it, and Atwood is a master of prose, etc.

“Was this a betrayal, or was it an act of courage? Perhaps both. Neither one involves forethought: such things take place in an instant, in an eyeblink. This can only be because they have been rehearsed by us already, over and over, in silence and darkness; in such silence, such darkness, that we are ignorant of them ourselves. Blind but sure-footed, we step forward as if into a remembered dance.”