Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Power by Naomi Alderman

225 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

grifgirl's review

challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

commander_zander's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Very violent, cruel, unpleasant, and sarcastic. Startling, surprising, vivid, fascinating. Tense. This book makes other superhero stories look bland, like they're not trying. Disorientating. Very cool ideas. Great worldbuilding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, and Murder

Content warning: Multiple characters feel a sinister temptation towards violence & murder

paigeno's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse

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

darkpizza's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

jodierose14's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

abookishwasp's review against another edition

5.0

i’m not sure yet how i feel about this book but all i can say is that it’s one of those books that everyone (over a certain age) should read. also trigger warnings for pretty much everything, violence, abuse, rape, you name it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

audreybella's review

dark 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

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