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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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Late to the party, but so glad I finally made it!

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

July 12, 2020 by Bothari43 1 Comment

I knew this would be good (pages and pages of CBR reviews told me so), and I was not disappointed. There was some truly incredible world-building, some interesting writing choices (second-person point of view chapters?), and characters I wanted to hug or fight battles with. I can’t wait to read the next one! It feels silly to recap the plot when everyone has read it already, but here goes (in case this review is the final straw that pushes you into reading it and joining […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: earthquake powers, n.k. jemisin, Post Apocalyptic, THe Broken Earth Trilogy, too lazy for bingo, we need diverse books

Bothari43's CBR12 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: earthquake powers, n.k. jemisin, Post Apocalyptic, THe Broken Earth Trilogy, too lazy for bingo, we need diverse books ·
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