** spoiler alert ** 
 Definitely a feminist must-read. A lot of patience is required as many of the things aren't explained in the start and you have to make your own interpretations via contextual readings. 
 The only negative point of this book (besides how horrifying the story is, of course), is that there is a lack of a revolution, and that it is never explained how Gilead came to be, except for a few vague allusions. 
 I would have loved for Offred to go more in-depth about everything; the history, Mayday.. it feels she never really asked about Mayday and thus we don't know much about it. Girl, aren't you curious? 
 Ofglen literally let you in a secret group and you neglect to ask what the whole conspiracy is and the purpose. 
 Moira would have been the perfect girl to cause an uproar. I thought the nolite bastardum thing was gonna allude to something bigger - a feminist revolution in a way. But that never happened, and we are left to wonder.. 
 However, the open ending was pretty evil in away. We want her to escape; we as females have struggled with many of the struggles that the Gileans face - albeit not that extreme. We wanna conquer through her. Offred's mom was awesome. Would have loved to hear more of her story too. 
 But apart from these; the writing was really good, the story was sharp and reading the afterword of MA was interesting too - to know what her inspirations were. 
 It is scary how many parallels can be drawn from this book to Islamic cultures, and even present-day America, with Trump at full power. The book stays relevant 30 years later.