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dangeroushoneybadger 's review for:
The Power
by Naomi Alderman
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
This is a brilliant undertaking. For the first majority of it I found myself wishing that this were true. Women becoming stronger and being able to escape patriarchy and all the terrible things men do.
But it has its own points made that who is to say power also doesn’t corrupt women, especially when it serves their own interests.
You can’t put anyone into a box. Listen, even a stone isn’t the same as any other stone, so I don’t know where you all think you get off labelling humans with simple words and thinking you know everything you need. But most people can’t live that way, even some of the time. They say: only exceptional people can cross the borders. The truth is: anyone can cross, everyone has it in them.
Love the last chapter about the manuscript with gender roles reversed.
I feel instinctively – and I hope you do, too – that a world run by men would be more kind, more gentle, more loving and naturally nurturing.
Neil, I know this might be very distasteful to you, but have you considered publishing this book under a woman’s name?
All in all, this is a wonderfully done book with obvious gender flips and it actually makes me think more. How “normal” some violence against men are glaring violent when the script is flipped. How subtle some patriarchal thinking is. And how a world run by women drunk on physical power wouldn’t necessarily make it a better one.
But it has its own points made that who is to say power also doesn’t corrupt women, especially when it serves their own interests.
Love the last chapter about the manuscript with gender roles reversed.
Neil, I know this might be very distasteful to you, but have you considered publishing this book under a woman’s name?
All in all, this is a wonderfully done book with obvious gender flips and it actually makes me think more. How “normal” some violence against men are glaring violent when the script is flipped. How subtle some patriarchal thinking is. And how a world run by women drunk on physical power wouldn’t necessarily make it a better one.