Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Power by Naomi Alderman

64 reviews

nikitagroot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Classism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Slavery, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Drug use, and Kidnapping

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Trafficking, Cursing, Stalking, Sexism, Bullying, Genocide, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Toxic friendship, Torture, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Addiction, Death, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Blood, Misogyny, Physical abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit

curious_susurrus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, Rape, Torture, Trafficking, Confinement, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Colonisation, Homophobia, and Child death

vrhayes08's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Violence, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Genocide, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

josefinessen's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Väger lite mellan 3,5 och 4 ⭐️ för mig. 

Intressant premiss, en slags tvärtomvärld som många gånger sätter fingret på hur vår värld, vårt samhälle ser ut. 

”När han gick förbi en grupp kvinnor på vägen - som skrattade och skämtade och gjorde ljusbågar mot himlen - intalade sig Tunde: jag är inte här, jag är ingenting, lägg inte märke till mig, ni kan inte se mig, det finns inget här att se.”

Maktmissbruk, våld, förtryck. Men också samhörighet och upprättelse, även om det längre in i berättelsen blir mörkare och tyngre och är svårt att se att nästan nån av karaktärerna har nåt gott kvar i sig.

Jag har svårt att tänka mig att det skulle bli så pass vidriga konsekvenser som i denna berättelse av att kvinnor plötsligt hade mer makt än män över hela jorden. Att vissa skulle missbruka den makten, absolut, och att det definitivt finns väldigt mycket att hämnas på, men kanske ändå inte att majoriteten skulle vilja leva ut en sån brutalitet. Men det kanske är naivt av mig.

Kanske ska man hellre se detta som ett tankeexperiment och en dystopisk skildring. Mestadels tycker jag ändå att det är en fängslande och intressant berättelse och jag ser fram emot att se tv-serien som pågår i detta nu.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, Drug use, and Violence

paukinra's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Drug use, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Child abuse, Police brutality, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Hate crime, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape

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

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

kelstad's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

readingrainbowroad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

This is a book I find hard to rate and review because it invokes so much thought about really important things around gender identity, society and power structures. However, it does so by forcing you to confront a lot of uncomfortable events. You'll be thinking about power for a long time after finishing it. This book is worth the read, but it doesn't hold back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse