Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Power by Naomi Alderman

95 reviews

supernova_reader's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jaes_dead's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book emotionally, mentally, and morally pained me to read. There was a point where I actively avoided reading this book because it had my morals clashing so much I was physically feel ill. It was an amazing read and I highly recommend this, the only reasons that its probably a 4 star rating instead of a 5 star is because its not very character driven. By saying this I don't mean that there isn't any character development, what I mean is that it feels like they are all waiting for something to happen with a very slow build up. And I think that is the point but it just didn't sit very well with me, but that might just be my own personal preference. Otherwise this was an amazing and very emotional read for me and everyone ( especially cis-men ) should read it for the fact that it delves into some very serious topics that would maybe give some cis-men a ah-ha moment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

epellicci's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

1.5

I found The Power was horrific almost for the sake of it as the book went on, and the plot lacked confidence as the story headed towards its conclusion. The final chapters trail off into an ambiguous and stilted jumble which felt given up on when considering the particular and uncomfortable detail which Alderman went into throughout the rest of the book. The four characters leading the narration lacked dimension, and I found the way that everyone (excluding Tunde) had basically the same goal of political/religious dominance in mind lazy.  As the book progressed, the characters personalities basically all bled into one for me, and at times I forgot whether I was reading from Allie's perspective or Roxy's. A concept with a lot of potential, executed badly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Slavery, Medical content, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sarahfling's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

brigiddolan's review

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

sarggly's review

challenging dark reflective 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

4.25

Contains sexual violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

clazagorn's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

vic_eli's review

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Interesting story. I enjoyed some of the characters, but it's clear the author doesn't understand feminist theory. The feminist analysis is very poor and gives terf vibes. The concept has great potential and poor execution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

marielaabrown's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Super relevant, especially given recent discourse and events. Almost creepy in that sense. However I never really felt attached to any of the characters, at most I was intrigued by the Allie/mother eve character. It felt somewhat messy. But it has plenty to say in a super cynical and unique way.

Never mind, this achieves nothing but to say power corrupts. The role swap is interesting however it does p much nothing to advance the feminist movement. The only success I heard was a male friend saying the reality of rape and fear of the opposite sex was only made truly visceral and clear to him while reading this. Ladies, this could be great in the hands of receptive male hands.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexism

nell_bell's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment