It isn't a bad novel. Some parts seemed quite 'fantastic' (unbelievable) but then there would be a little bit here and there that seemed all too real. 

The usual complaint about the novel was that there were parts where the story started to drag, as if the editor didn't want to press the star author too much about getting through things a bit quicker. 

And, of course, there's that  heavy dose of Feminism where, 'Male Society Enslaves Women'. 

I stopped reading a more recent book ('Alas Grace') about a third of the way through when I realized there were absolutely no 'nice' male characters in the book; just rapists, molesters, etc. Even with the one male character who might have been somewhat sympathetic, Atwood slipped in an aside to make sure we knew that he regarded women as akin to insects to be studied.