Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Power by Naomi Alderman

159 reviews

sneakyhobbit's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I really loved this book. It was continually interesting, surprising, and ended in a way I didn't quite expect. It makes me view the world in a different way, and not a lot of books can do that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

steds's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

As audiobook. Intense, interesting, thought provoking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Trafficking, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Murder, Police brutality, War, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Violence, Bullying, Death, and Gaslighting

readergrl37's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Confinement

frankieclc's review against another edition

5.0

This book is for you if you’re into very satirical feminist writing, really recommend the audiobook

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexism, and War

Moderate: Drug use, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Self harm, Slavery, and Trafficking

coastelle's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The concept was really interesting but the ending left me with so many questions. Also some POVS were very boring. Definitely look up the trigger warnings before reading this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Torture, Murder, Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: War, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Trafficking

sakisreads's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Wow. What a BOOK. I can’t wait to discuss this with my friends, it made me audibly gasp quite often 😦

Definitely not for people who get squirmish, as there is a lot of gore… But if I managed it, I suppose many people can 🫠 

I appreciated the perspectives of all the different characters (Allie, Jocelyn at some points, Margot, Roxy and Tunde) and I loved the way they all started to intertwine with each other through different ways 😳
It definitely had ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ energy that I could appreciate and I love the flip side 👏🏼

I’m definitely recommending this to anyone who’s a fan of gory, intense reads! The fact it had Margaret Atwood’s seal of importance was impressive ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Pedophilia, Gore, and Sexual violence

nidzi_c's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse

gellyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I am so conflicted about this book. I love the idea, but I am a bit infuriated by the corruption of power. I also feel like I didn't have to see that much violence. Maybe I'm just idiotic or too hopeful, but I don't believe that this is what would happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: War

Minor: Abandonment

jebowman123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

It’s hard to do justice to this book in a review. The only critique I have is there might be too many points of view, but that may be because I was listening to  the audiobook. Regardless, I understand why this book was endorsed by Margaret Atwood. It doesn’t just flip gendered power dynamics on their head, it presents a well researched take on what it means to have power period. The last chapter of the book hits the hardest in an otherwise subversive narrative and cleverly asks the audience to consider who writes the history books, who interprets archaeological artifacts, what it means to be a man/woman, and what a different world would look like. I felt like the author considered everything even intersex individuals and the many expressions of power - political, social, vengeful, military, leadership, sexual, survival, etc. 

Updated from a 5.0 to a 4.75. It’s a good book and I appreciate how much was included but the major lasting memories I have are the extremely uncomfortable parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Trafficking, Body horror, Rape, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse

mloschi's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

An book that inverts the power dynamics of gender. Interesting premise, but less a reimagining of the world and more just flipping who has power with the same outcomes. I liked the interplay of politics, religion and crime in the story but will say that the sexual violence in the book was a lot and I think at times didn’t serve to further the plot. Read this ahead of it becoming a TV show and overall an interesting story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Trafficking, Murder, Child abuse, War, Violence, Sexual violence, and Death