Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Power by Naomi Alderman

225 reviews

mamaquiereleer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and War

alanaefarrell's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and War

boxofrainreading's review

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Relentlessly compelling & a straightforward kind of genius. I’ll be thinking about it for the rest of my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Murder

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, and War

breezie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

Oh man was this a ride. I was hooked from the very beginning. Everything escalated very quickly, as I'm assuming it would if something like this were to actually happen.

Imagine waking up one day and being able to use electricity to defend yourself? Yeah, I can see how that would drive some people crazy, and how it could drive some people to be power hungry. Especially in a country where women are violently oppressed and they have the ability to destroy someone with just the touch of their hand? Understandable that things could get out of control.

The way that things escalated and moved in this story line up with how I believe society handles things as a whole already, which made the book even more enjoyable. I also enjoyed the whole "unification of religion" thing the author did. It was great. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Physical abuse and Murder

liblady0308's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The flow of this was a little confusing, but you “get it” by the end. It was a very creative way to tell it. As for the story itself, it’s a real mindf&€k. It seems like a typical “women get cool powers” story but it’s really a startlingly bleak social commentary. This will challenge you to rethink everything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, and Murder

jmbz38's review

challenging slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

candycain's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction and Abortion

20sidedbi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

A BRILLIANT book in every way. Very similar style to Margaret Atwood but with Alderman's own genius shining clearly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Child death and Trafficking

Because this book tries to explore what an inverse reality of sexism and violence would look like, Alderman does not shy away from the reality of sexualized violence. I don't think her descriptions were gratuitous or sexualizing of sexual violence, but they were unflinching.

lunaamygdala's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

rowan57's review

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.5

interesting read from a perspective i’ve never read before although didn’t enjoy the graphic violence or the anticlimactic ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail