I enjoyed the dynamic of Montgomery-Taylor /Mother Eve and her inner voice. I like how we get to see all of those shades of the characters, it gives them humanness. Cleary, for example, has a caring personality towards her family, then Alderman slowly inverts her personality into a deceitful and untrustworthy one.

Sophomores Isabella Dazal and Indigo Christensen were asked if they would like to live in the world of “The Power.” Dazal said, “No…because I feel like that would be too confusing.” Christensen answered, “I guess…it’s a kind of interesting situation.”įurthermore, Alderman develops each character’s true colors very well. A new religious figure in The Power era, seen as this high priestess to her followers. Needless to say, almost all of the men in this book are pretentious. I was rolling my eyes every time the male gender came together in protesting to harm women or imprison them. They are trying to be superior to women, and of course, women are retaliating. In my opinion, the correspondence letters are a cute little addition to the story, they add flavor to the rest of the book’s antiquity.Īs the power of the young women continues to pop up internationally, you see men trying to get back in control. The book’s timeline takes place over a decade leading up to a big event, which is named the “Cataclysm” in fictitious correspondence letters between the in-universe author of “The Power” and Alderman.

I also want to warn potential readers that there’s a couple of mature scenes and topics in the book (i.e. Almost all of the book’s main characters are female, except Edo, who is a male journalist.įor anyone who may want to read this book, for the most part, Montgomery-Taylor- who is a troubled sixteen-year-old when the story first starts - goes by the name of Eve (then later, Mother Eve ) after escaping to a convent in North Carolina. The book follows four main characters - Roxy Monke, Tunde Edo, Allie Montgomery-Taylor, and Margot Cleary. What would one do if it’s the present day and young women start developing the power of releasing electrical jolts from their fingertips? The 2016 novel “ The Power ” by British author Naomi Alderman explores this question, and I got to say it’s pretty interesting. OctoLover of books? Take a look at a Cougar Press staffer’s review of Naomi Alderman’s critically acclaimed novel.

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