Cat's Eye

 

People act like The Handmaid's Tale is the only book that Margaret Atwood has written.  She's written lots of books and is not a one-trick pony.  This book was good.  It's also Atwood's most autobiographical book.  A painter Elaine Risley reflects on her life.  The first part of the book is more or less an intellectual version of Mean Girls.  We meet the queen bee of the group Cordelia.  What I liked about the book is that Cordelia is more than a one-note character.  She may be snobby in the book but there are parts later in the book where she collapses like a real human does.  The second part of the book goes over Elaine's relationships with men, marriage, her art career, and college.  I thought it was well written but I enjoyed the first half more.