There's a reason why Brave New World, Atlas Shrugged, 1984, and yes, even The Hunger Game are quoted as a warning and Handmaiden Tale never is - mainly because those books are about overpowering and corrupt government that at one point or another has happen in real life(The Hunger Games is a high tech Roman Coliseum Bread and Circuses)
Handmaiden Tale has the concept of men in the US turning women into nothing more than glorified baby makers. . .never mind if any politician/political movement tried that kind of stunt in real life would find themselves on the wrong end of a whole bunch of guns held by husbands, fathers, uncles, brothers, friends, etc.