Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Power by Naomi Alderman

135 reviews

neevechristine's review

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

A real thinker, beautifully written. Heart wrenching in parts

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Death, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexism

shea_proulx's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Hate crime, Death, Body horror, War, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Medical content, Kidnapping, Drug use, Confinement, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

owls_rainbow's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This book was just really underwhelming for me. Apparently it's told over a 10 year span but not enough appeared to change each year to make that passage of time obvious. Everyone seemed to mostly stay the same.

I didn't really care about any of the characters, no-one was particularly likable. Also the ending was very abrupt, it just stopped. Also there were letters at the end between the fictional man who wrote this "history" and the woman whose name it was published under. These letters just added more questions. What year is this? How long has this been going on? Why are men apparently now seen as gentle and the better leaders? Why is there doubt that women before didn't have these abilities?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Rape, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Drug use

kelstad's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

kennim's review

challenging dark reflective slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Drug use, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse

emily907's review

adventurous dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Trafficking, Drug use, Violence, War, Hate crime, and Sexual violence

nurtu's review

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Body horror and Drug use

colinjames's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Drug use, Genocide, Rape, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: War

Minor: Police brutality

miaaa_lenaaa's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Fucking 10/10
‘Its like shes died but shes still too alive to notice.’
‘

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, War, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Gun violence, Sexism, Trafficking, Violence, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Slavery

cassiegw's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Child abuse, and Slavery

Minor: Child death