The Handmaid's Tale

The narrator's account of what has happened to her seems to be woven with great care from many different pieces of our own history. It's appalling how many of the things in the book remind me of the various events that took place in the past decade, especially in the US.

Thinking back on the ending, I especially like it because it avoids being both a clichéd happy-end and its polar opposite. It's both bleak and hopeful, but also quite sudden; a story suddenly cut off. This reinforces its “found diary” quality.