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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Alderman flips gendered power dynamics on its head in this new world where women have the ability to electrocute people with their “skein”. What I love is that the author highlights what power can do to us - elevate us to new positions of power, change us, make us stronger, but also bring out the worst in us. Some women become overtly violent - rapists, and some women begin exercising their power in subtle ways - by taking credit for a man’s work. It very much felt like a Black Mirror episode by making an exaggeration of how things are in today’s society to point out some dark truths.
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Leaves you thinking about where the world is really going and what are the true consequences of extremistic movements. Not easy to read, very disturbing sometimes, the plot was good but had a lot more potential for development. Margaret Atwood is still the queen of dystopian novels.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A complete reversal of our current gender hierarchy, The Power is unsettling in a way that throws many of our society's transgressions against women into sharp relief.