Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Power by Naomi Alderman

220 reviews

josefinessen's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Väger lite mellan 3,5 och 4 ⭐️ för mig. 

Intressant premiss, en slags tvärtomvärld som många gånger sätter fingret på hur vår värld, vårt samhälle ser ut. 

”När han gick förbi en grupp kvinnor på vägen - som skrattade och skämtade och gjorde ljusbågar mot himlen - intalade sig Tunde: jag är inte här, jag är ingenting, lägg inte märke till mig, ni kan inte se mig, det finns inget här att se.”

Maktmissbruk, våld, förtryck. Men också samhörighet och upprättelse, även om det längre in i berättelsen blir mörkare och tyngre och är svårt att se att nästan nån av karaktärerna har nåt gott kvar i sig.

Jag har svårt att tänka mig att det skulle bli så pass vidriga konsekvenser som i denna berättelse av att kvinnor plötsligt hade mer makt än män över hela jorden. Att vissa skulle missbruka den makten, absolut, och att det definitivt finns väldigt mycket att hämnas på, men kanske ändå inte att majoriteten skulle vilja leva ut en sån brutalitet. Men det kanske är naivt av mig.

Kanske ska man hellre se detta som ett tankeexperiment och en dystopisk skildring. Mestadels tycker jag ändå att det är en fängslande och intressant berättelse och jag ser fram emot att se tv-serien som pågår i detta nu.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, Drug use, and Violence

threadybeeps's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

2.0

 I binged this in three days but it made me, um, really mad. The final 1/3 or so was violent in a way that truly repulsed me. I am struggling to articulate my thoughts, I'm sure other unfavorable reviewers have already said it better than I could. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child death, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Trafficking, Child abuse, Blood, War, Violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

steds's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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

3.5

As audiobook. Intense, interesting, thought provoking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Trafficking, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Murder, Police brutality, War, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Violence, Bullying, Death, and Gaslighting

taylooney's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual assault

coastelle's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

The concept was really interesting but the ending left me with so many questions. Also some POVS were very boring. Definitely look up the trigger warnings before reading this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Torture, Murder, Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: War, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Trafficking

megwatrin's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, and Death

courtwj's review

Too bleak right now. Not connecting to many characters. Feels like it will end with men redominating or women oppressing men.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Sexism, Violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

matcha_pages's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, War, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence

mloschi's review

challenging dark 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? No

4.0

An book that inverts the power dynamics of gender. Interesting premise, but less a reimagining of the world and more just flipping who has power with the same outcomes. I liked the interplay of politics, religion and crime in the story but will say that the sexual violence in the book was a lot and I think at times didn’t serve to further the plot. Read this ahead of it becoming a TV show and overall an interesting story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Trafficking, Murder, Child abuse, War, Violence, Sexual violence, and Death

grex_ronnie's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

Finalmente un libro distopico scritto come - in questo caso - Madre comanda. L’ idea di un nuovo grande potere che permette una ribellione femminile talmente grande da rivoluzionare la specie umana, in positivo o in negativo che sia, è qualcosa di potente e di grande effetto sul lettore.
Tutto si riduce al fatto che la violenza, di base, non conosce genere. Per quanto inizialmente giustificata dopo millenni di subordinazione, il mondo comincia a scoprire come le donne possano finalmente riprendere il loro posto nella società. E come in ogni libro distopico, questo posto finisce a  divenire il trono di una tirannia. 

bello il finale senza la vera battaglia, anche se avrei preferito leggere davvero ciò che sarebbe accaduto

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Murder, Death, Torture, War, and Domestic abuse