The Testaments

by Margaret Attwood
The last of the five Booker shortlisted novels I am reading. I did get 150 pages into Ducks, Newburyport but found it too in love with the art of novelty than with storytelling.
This was a good follow up to the Handmaids Tale but not as good as its predecessor. The story is told through three characters. One of these, Aunt Lydia, was a key character in the first novel but we get to hear her side of the story. The other two narrators are new but it soon becomes clear they have links to the previous book. The first part of the book was good but the later part had elements of an Enid Blyton adventure which seemed out of keeping. Still a good read 8/10
I know while typing this that this book won the Booker Prize last night jointly with Girl, Woman, Other. Given Lanny had already been eliminated I can't argue with that decision.