Reviews - Ragazze elettriche

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Ragazze elettriche

Naomi Alderman

3.8 AVERAGE

pinguinobandito's review against another edition

4.0

dark

hantasy95's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

death_by_tbr_books's review against another edition

3.0

3.5/5

I honestly found parts of this book incredible but only one character redeeming. The story is disjointed and confusing at times. I do think if you like complicated political dystopian sci-fi you will enjoy this book.

lanabug711's review against another edition

2.0

Well written, but just not for me. I can see the parallels between our own human history and this fictional history, but this book just made me uncomfortable. It's a very intriguing plot and the characters are interesting. I had a hard time with the violence, even though it's not gratuitously graphic.

cpriz's review against another edition

4.0

Loved the premise and a lot of the development was really good....
Wasn't thrilled about the message? Wasn't a super clear message. And I felt like the novel's frame was over compensating for the lack of point to the book by kind of laboriously offering a commentary on it. Which was necessary due to its opacity, although it shouldn't have been.
I also felt like Alderman could have done more with the premise. The novel specifically began in an already inhabited and functioning world, but developed as if little had preceded it. I don't know. Maybe I'm just uncomfortable with her conclusions. Who's to say?