I was nervous to read this book. I LOVE Atwood's novels, and was terrified that I would not adore her short stories as much. Of course, I should have had faith: It's Margarat Atwood, I don't think she knows how to not write well.

What was interesting about these stories, most of which had female narrators, was how haunting and truthful they are. Even in these short stories Atwood is able to develop characters who are so ordinary that their faults are so truthful--and you can't help but to know that these things could happen.