MPrince's Full Review: Margaret Atwood - Alias Grace
Alias Grace is a wonderful and intriguing piece. It involves a rather large cast of characters, each significant and rather distinctive. She manages to give a bit of heaven and an ounce of hell to each of the lives she creates. The book is exceptional at keeping you turning the pages to find out the truth of our dear (or fiendish) heroine's involvement in the heinous murders of her less than perfect employers. At moments your heart will ache and then your mind will be set to spin. There are few moments of happiness in the account of this ambiguous murderess but the dry wit alone will keeping you turning the pages. Margaret Atwood has a gift for breathing life into her women. The men are well written but you get the sense (even as she gives them the air of frailty and whimsy) that the females are the stronger and more clever of the species.
There is an old (now abandoned) insane asylum in the city of Traverse City, Michigan that I have become quite infatuated with. I am enchanted by its decrepit beauty and my mind fills with stories every time I walk its old grounds. This book has done wonders at filling in some of the informational gaps about the history of mental illness and some of the techniques that were once involved as well as some of the theories as to the causes of such illness.
This is my first experience of Margaret Atwood's works. It definately will not be my last.
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