Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Power by Naomi Alderman

175 reviews

zazasaad's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I couldn’t put this book down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Genocide, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

outofthepinksky's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Rape, Child abuse, Sexism, Pedophilia, Misogyny, and Bullying

osteele98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

One of the best dystopian/science fiction books I have ever read. Extremely gripping and reflective while being well-paced and full of action. Only not 5 stars because of the somewhat extensive medical imagery 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

kk_gotit_goinon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

This book is incredible. I can't tell much without spoilers but it's awesome and I highly recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Hate crime, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Slavery, Torture, War, Violence, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexism, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

aemowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Body horror, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape, Addiction, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Minor: Trafficking and Transphobia

walenchao's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexism, Religious bigotry, War, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

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

Moderate: Suicide

sophiepearson's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexism, Violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Trafficking and Child abuse

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, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexism, 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.

maybephasing's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Death of parent, Gore, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual content and War

Minor: Trafficking