A review by bobobo7516
The Power by Naomi Alderman

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I was enjoying it for the first part. The idea of women switching from oppresed to free and confident, safe, was liberating. The problem begins when women
start opress men the same way patriarchy does with us (women) irl.
If you are a man reading that part it fullfills its purpose: show how scared we feel in this system. As a woman tho, I feel it just ruins the book.
To put the opressed turn into opressors just like that, knowing that women suffer daily because of machism and impling that, after all that pain we experience, knowing how it really feels,we'll do the same
  is...irritating to say the least.
I also got bored by so much plot-driven narrative rather than character analysis. But that's just a personal preference.
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