What readers think of The Blind Assassin, plus links to write your own review.

Wyman Jacobson
Margaret Atwood was awarded the Year 2000 Booker Prize, Britain’s top
fiction award, for her novel, ‘The Blind Assassin.’ This book will probably
become a classic in modern fiction literature; however, it is highly complex
with multiple layers and involves a novel-within-a-novel, entitled The Blind
Assassin which involves two unnamed lovers and he tells her a science-fiction
tale. The author is a brilliant story teller and the reader is greatly
challenged to put the pieces together from the different methods used by her to
construct this novel.
Although, this is a rather long novel; every section of every chapter is in
someway relevant to Iris’s memoirs and also to solving the mystery of the
Blind Assassin and his lady lover. Iris’ memoirs include the life of her
sister, Laura Chase, whose death is described on the first page of the book. Her
memoirs also include the lives of Richard Griffin (Iris’ husband); Aimee
Griffin ( Iris’ daughter) and Winifred Griffin-Prior (sister of Richard
Griffin) whose deaths are announced in the first three Chapters. Although, this
is a rather long novel; every section of every chapter is in someway relevant to
Iris’s memoirs and also to solving the mystery of the Blind Assassin and his
lady lover. This novel has the vitally important element of an unexpected and
cleverly designed ending. It adds an interesting final twist to the already
complicated events of this brilliant book of fiction. Wyman