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The Power by Naomi Alderman

135 reviews

jasbah's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Sexual violence, War, Torture, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug use, Medical trauma, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Trafficking and Child death

isleofwoman's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug use, Rape, War, Murder, and Sexism

saara_ilona_muu's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Torture, and War

madredeleones's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, War, Torture, Suicide, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Medical content, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

Minor: Religious bigotry and Racism

innerweststreetlibrarian's review

adventurous 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

5.0

W O W! 
I really needed the first half of this book after the grinding misogyny of the last one I read, but oof it got really hard to keep going once I was about halfway through. Definitely needed more contemplation time between chapters to process what was going on. And that was quite a LOT. Very, deeply thought provoking, and a tad horrifying. Basically excellent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Torture, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Hate crime, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Trafficking, and Gun violence

Minor: Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

annaae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child death, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Rape

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

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

trinamarie's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

Holy Shit what a ride!  Girls and women discovering they have an electrical power and the ‘shocks’ reverberate through society, from nuclear families to governments and global religions.

The story is interwoven through the perspectives of a full cast of characters; Allie (USA), Tunde (Lagos), Margot (mayor, USA) her teenage daughter Jos, and Roxy (London, uk) each of them experiencing power on a personal level, physically, intellectually, emotionally. 

Haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. 
Definitely be aware of many triggers in this one, some parts hard to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, War, Drug use, and Rape

threadybeeps's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

 I binged this in three days but it made me, um, really mad. The final 1/3 or so was violent in a way that truly repulsed me. I am struggling to articulate my thoughts, I'm sure other unfavorable reviewers have already said it better than I could. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child death, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Trafficking, Child abuse, Blood, War, Violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis