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lepremieraccroc's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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its_kievan's review

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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

3.5

The writing is absolutely flawless. Alderman does an incredible job of mixing poetic prose with some of the most brutal scenes I've ever read, and the story as a whole is just incredibly affecting. Where it falls flat is Alderman's attempt to merge a philosophic treatise on gender roles in society with a sci-fi novel about women getting superpowers. The sci-fi lessens the impact of the gender commentary, and the commentary means that a lot of the stuff around politics and war feels underdeveloped and shallow. However, this is a still a really well-written book, and in my opinion it's one that everyone should read at least once in their lives.

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jodierose14's review

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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lindseyreads's review

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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bettiepathway's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Este libro ME HA VOLADO LA MENTE. Lo he leído gracias a un club de lectura que se centra en leer ci-fi escrita por mujeres. Esta obra no es ci-fi al uso, o al menos no es lo primero que se nos viene a la mente cuando pensamos en ci-fi. Se trata más bien del proceso de construcción de una distopía.

El libro explora un interrogante muy interesante: ¿qué pasaría si las mujeres, de pronto, tuviesen un poder que los hombres no tienen? ¿Qué pasaría si, de repente, las mujeres fuesen superiores físicamente a los hombres? A partir de ahí se empiezan a explorar los cambios que tendrían lugar en la sociedad, las posibles situaciones. Y la autora lo hace bastante bien. Puede ser que no compartamos su visión o su conclusión, pero su análisis está lleno de detalles que, me da la sensación, pasan desapercibidos si no se lee el libro con perspectiva de género.

Las reflexiones que este libro despierta son muy interesantes y, al mismo tiempo, nos puede llevar por caminos oscuros. Pero a mí me ha merecido la pena su lectura sin dudarlo. Lo recomiendo, porque me ha entusiasmado, directamente.

OJO: durante el libro se narran muchos episodios de violencia (física, sexual, torturas, maltrato...) así que tenedlo en cuenta si estos temas os causan malestar.

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fruitea's review

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hate it. absolutely hate it. this is not a good book for many reasons but i will only briefly discuss them because i could go on about how much i loathe this book for hours.

firstly, the prose is so straightforward and simple. this made it very quick to read, but i didn't get anything out of it. like, when i read a book there's usually a couple of lines or passages that i'll underline because they left an impression on me. this didn't happen at all for the power.

secondly, the message of this book is not good. at all. whether this is an inadvertent result or not, the very obvious interpretation of the whole premise of the power is that women will never achieve equality without having superpowers. which, you know, is a pretty shitty message. not to mention the subsequent actions of the majority of women. this is not a feminist book. this book describes radical feminism. dangerous radical feminism.

and, i'm not saying this is completely factual, but i think if women were to get this power... our reaction wouldn't be so extreme? i mean, i get that power often leads to corruption but idk. feminists just want equal rights? feminism isn't about women being superior to men. in fact, feminism benefits men because the patriarchy targets all of us. that's just how i see it though.

also - alderman failed to mention other genders? it was just 'women' vs 'men.' and i'm pretty sure she was only talking about cisgender people. so. idk, the fixation on only those genders was kinda weird to me. like bro i'm just trying 2 vibe i don't have a gender i wanna be like a walking moss covered rock.

thirdly, what's with all the gratuitous graphic scenes? this links back to my first point, in the way that having all of these nasty descriptions of triggering & disturbing things felt like it was solely for 'shock' factor, if that makes sense. like there were so many of them that it became gratuitous in a way. i ended up skipping them because i didn't want to be, you know, triggered by them. it just made the reading experience very unpleasant.

0 stars for bad writing, bad message and giving me more trauma.

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