I read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood as a teenager and was impressed.  It was well-written and disturbing.  Although to be honest, I think some of it was over my head.  Because of the hype from the Hulu series, (which I now need to see), I listened to the dystopian novel.  The Handmaid’s Tale is engrossing and even more disturbing now given our current political dynamics.  Claire Danes was an excellent choice as a narrator.  Her pacing was perfect and her tone was easy to listen to.  The only issue I could find with the novel is that one loses all track of time as they are too entranced by the story to pay attention to anything else.  I feel that this is a book everyone should read regardless of the format.