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“News always reached Miss Marple, one way or another.”

Marple: Twelve New Stories by Various

December 29, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I would read more of these Agatha Christie short story collections featuring notable authors, for sure. Even the ones where Americans tried and failed to capture that British Marple feeling were entertaining in their failure. But most of these stories were pretty successful! One nailed it completely. Highlights for me were the stories from Ruth Ware (I know!), Naomi Alderman, Elly Griffiths, Kate Mosse, and Leigh Bardugo. This may be the easy way out, but I’ve just copied and pasted my Goodreads status update mini-reviews […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Mystery Tagged With: agatha christie, Alyssa Cole, anthologies, Dreda Say Mitchell, Elly Griffiths, jean kwok, karen m mcmanus, Kate Mosse, Leigh Bardugo, Lucy Foley, Marple: Twelve New Stories, miss marple, naomi alderman, narfna, Natalie Haynes, pastiche, Ruth Ware, short stories, Val McDermid, various

narfna's CBR14 Review No:241 · Genres: Fanfiction, Mystery · Tags: agatha christie, Alyssa Cole, anthologies, Dreda Say Mitchell, Elly Griffiths, jean kwok, karen m mcmanus, Kate Mosse, Leigh Bardugo, Lucy Foley, Marple: Twelve New Stories, miss marple, naomi alderman, narfna, Natalie Haynes, pastiche, Ruth Ware, short stories, Val McDermid, various ·
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What would happen if women could thoroughly, completely, permanently turn the tables?

The Power by Naomi Alderman

August 1, 2020 by Bothari43 1 Comment

I feel like this was meant to be a cautionary tale, with an ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ type of message, but maybe I was in the wrong mindset for it, because my reaction was way more on the side of “FRAK YEAH, GET ‘EM!!!” All of a sudden, teenage girls all over the world develop the power to produce electricity from their fingertips. A (long-dormant? brand new?) organ called a skein, located over the collarbone, allows the girls to create and deploy electricity. Parents and […]

Filed Under: Speculative Fiction Tagged With: absolute power corrupts absolutely, naomi alderman, sisters are doing it for themselves, the power, too lazy for bingo

Bothari43's CBR12 Review No:22 · Genres: Speculative Fiction · Tags: absolute power corrupts absolutely, naomi alderman, sisters are doing it for themselves, the power, too lazy for bingo ·
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“One of them says, ‘Why did they do it?’ And the other answers, ‘Because they could.’ That is the only answer there ever is.”

The Power by Naomi Alderman

February 3, 2020 by narfna 3 Comments

I will not let this book ruin my review streak. I finished it last week and have just been sitting on a final rating and review because I wasn’t sure what I thought of it when I finished it, and I’m still not really sure now, but I don’t think waiting any more will help. Maybe typing up my thoughts will help solidify some things. I’m a little behind the times with this one. It was a big deal a couple of years ago, but […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Adjoa Andoh, naomi alderman, narfna, speculative, the power

narfna's CBR12 Review No:17 · Genres: Audiobooks, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Adjoa Andoh, naomi alderman, narfna, speculative, the power ·
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(bad “Electric Feel” joke)

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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Absolute Power Corrupts… Well, You Know…

The Power by Naomi Alderman

August 28, 2019 by lumenatrix 2 Comments

Man, this book is intense. I actually finished it a  while ago, but I had to digest it a little before I could even start to think about writing up a review. I liked it? I mean, I did like it, but there are some parts that are a little tough to get through. I’m glad I did though. This is a story asking the question, what would happen if, all of a sudden, every girl on the planet around 16 years of age could […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Fiction, listicle, naomi alderman, the power

lumenatrix's CBR11 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, Fiction, listicle, naomi alderman, the power ·
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When Evolution is Sudden and Dramatic

The Power by Naomi Alderman

August 26, 2019 by Jen K 4 Comments

This novel was reviewed quite a bit on the site last year, but the mixed reviews (“interesting concept but …”) made me decide against reading it.  I was looking at potential book clubs to join and one of the ones I was considering listed this novel as the next read.  I didn’t make it to the book club but I read the novel, thinking I might go. In many ways, I enjoyed this novel much more than I thought I would (I’m sure lowered expectations […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: naomi alderman, the power

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: naomi alderman, the power ·
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