In "Death by Landscape" Margaret Atwood explores the world of Lois, a widowed woman who has just moved into a new home which she covers with pictures. The story which develops from this, I found, was boring and another tale of lost sisterhood by Margaret Atwood. One thing which I can applaud is the use of such vivid imagery, which I would think is necessary for a story which deals a great deal with the …showed first 75 words of 276 total…

…showed last 75 words of 276 total…these characters are given makes them seem realistic and Lois later earn the readers pity for the guilt and loss which she must endure as Lucy supposedly dies causing Lois to mature from this experience. Overall, this story does have its good points and did show the rite of passage a girl takes into becoming a woman but I can never read a Margaret Atwood story without finding myself rushing to get it over with.