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Renee, a female reporter for a popular magazine, had her left breast removed due to cancer, and her boyfriend left her to find a new love. With the desire to find a new life, she went to an island country in the Pacific to collect stories in the name of writing for a magazine. As soon as she sets foot on this tourist resort, she encounters a series of strange events. First, a mysterious woman asks her to deliver a suspicious box. Then Paul, a smart, capable and personable man, falls in love with her. However, his elusive behavior, like some of the weird tourists on the island, prevents Renee from seeing their true identity. In the end, a coup took place on the island, and Renee escaped after many hardships, and her outlook on life changed again... The novel depicts the undercurrent of desire for power in a satirical, thrilling and frightening way, and uses the image of disease to deeply depict the oppression of women by gender politics and the power relationship between the sexes.

Margaret Atwood, the author of "The Handmaid's Tale" and a popular spokesperson for women's writing around the world, looks back on her relationship with science fiction novels throughout her life. She has profound insights and clever analysis, making it a refreshing read. "In Other Worlds: Science Fiction and the Human Imagination" is not a catalog of science fiction, nor a set of grand theories, nor a literary history; it is not a monograph on science fiction, with neither definition nor detailed analysis, nor is it an authoritative canon. It is not the product of years of study by pious scholars, nor is it the guardianship of a body of knowledge by moralists. "It is just an in-depth review of the relationship between one person, that is, 'I', as a reader and a writer, and one or more literary forms and their branch forms throughout her life." Through this book, Margaret Atwood reviews her relationship with science fiction throughout her life, from childhood to her time as a student at Harvard University, and then to her later years as a novelist and critic. These articles have profound insights, clever analysis, and sometimes unexpected humor and cunning. Reading them makes people feel like taking a breath of spring breeze.

Throughout the ages, female characters in narratives have been either beautiful and kind, or ugly and vicious. The silent queen in "Hamlet" and the extremely ugly and vicious sister in "Cinderella". When gender stereotypes become shackles, all Atwood has to do is untie, disrupt and reshape them. This time, Atwood is taking offense on behalf of offended women. I don't even have a name. All this time, I was just "that ugly sister", with the emphasis on the word "ugly". --Page 18 of this book

This is a novel with a clever structure and stories within stories. There are two heroines in the novel, one is Laura, who died in a car accident at the beginning of the novel; the other is her sister Alice, who lives in the shadow of the deceased and recalls the past that is almost forgotten. The story about the blind assassin was written by Laura during her lifetime. It describes the love affair between a rich lady and a poor young man who was on the run in the turbulent 1930s. At the same time, the lovers imagined a story that took place on another planet. This fictional story is filled with love, sacrifice and betrayal. The same is true in real life. Alice married wealthy businessman Richard. In the eyes of outsiders, this was a happy marriage. However, as everyone knew, Richard extended his claws to his sister-in-law Laura. As a result, Laura's car accident made people suspicious...