Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Power by Naomi Alderman

139 reviews

alexandramiller's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

genevieve_and_her_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use

While Naomi Alderman is certainly a talented writer, and there was an interesting premise to this, it was a little too gender essentialist for my liking. Although she nods in the direction of gender being a construct, she also appears to be writing a world in which the 2SLGBTQIA+ community doesn't exist, which feels like a somewhat egregious oversight given the themes. I also just don't buy the premise of how the development of skeins occurred; had me down a Google rabbit hole about water tables and the human genome and how many generations for new traits to evolve... which, safe to say, took me out of the story. I found the first two thirds to drag quite a bit, but the final third very much grabbed me and I read it very quickly. TL;DR, great idea, middling execution.

amgarrido's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

seh_c109's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

incredibly well written. very interesting commentary on global gender roles and power dynamics between men and women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia

lazadaisical's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, and War

vivikasweiven's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use and War

Minor: Gun violence and Trafficking

madkatrob's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, and War

karmapen's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Violence, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Death of parent