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The Power by Naomi Alderman

October 4, 2019 by alwaysanswerb 1 Comment

The Power is horrifying in a lot of ways, one of which is how parts of it are also rather cathartic, which it shouldn’t be on the whole. If that opening sentence sounded a little confused and contradictory, that’s because it reflects my feelings about the thing. On the one hand, it’s about women getting to win, but on the other hand, the violence and abuses of power by men and women make it hard to feel good about anything, because it comes off as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Dystopian, female author, misandry, misogyny, naomi alderman, Speculative Fiction

alwaysanswerb's CBR11 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Dystopian, female author, misandry, misogyny, naomi alderman, Speculative Fiction ·
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