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Title: Clever Words, Rotten People
Review: The only character who has a clean (pure) view of the world and the people in it is Laura, who is ostracized, marginalized, mocked and institutionalized by the poeple who are supposed to love her. Everyone else in the story is small-minded, greedy, self-involved, and cruel. Big Deal.Atwood is a sharp writer and has a catchy turn of phrase, but her characters are so vicious or appallingly weak that you really don't care at all what becomes of any of them.Worst is Iris, who despite having a galaxy of personal battles to fight, sits on the sidelines and twiddles her little thumbs and lets other people do the living for her. She's a sickening nitwit.Atwood can write, but she can't entertain, at least not with this novel. As for the Booker Prize, the best readers know not to confuse excellent writing with a good read.
