Alias Grace by Margaret AtwoodMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Margaret Atwood continues to be one of my favorite authors. Her writing style varies, but is always clear, imaginative, expansive in vocabulary, and empathetic.
The variety of her subject matter also belies her skill.
In this novel, based on historical accounts of a female convict, the reader is drawn into the life of Grace Marks. The story is presented in pieces, by Grace herself, her treating psychiatrist, her jailors, and questionably benevolent benefactors. Grace's conviction and the slow exposition of her story and her life before her crime are what drives the plot. It is this unfolding of her many protective layers that drives the protagonist's and the reader's interest in Grace.
Ultimately, Grace is given an opportunity to explain and to rehabilitate herself, though not in predictable ways. Where her life leads is left to the reader to interpret as justice or recompense.
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