But Alderman thinks it would be just as bad and I think that’s a pity. I’d like to think it would be better, that women would have empathy and understanding to make sure the world was a better place instead of spiralling into revenge. 3 people found this helpful Helpful Report Amazon Customer Great service. I thought it would be about a matriarchal society, but it’s a book in a book about women getting revenge on men. Nevertheless, it is thought-provoking to wonder what the world would be like if power changed. Reviewed in the United States on ApVerified Purchase But overall a good book. For me, it seemed as if the top ten women’s issues in the world were brainstormed so the author could get each one down in the book and I began to find this tedious. The characters weren’t particularly likable and the plot seemed to be a series of events. And it’s this idea that I failed to embrace and why the second half of the book seemed almost so far-fetched as to be laughable. Men are scared to walk the streets, they’re violated and abused. The world is flipped because of gender but guess what, nothing really changes. If you’re expecting a utopian ending you aren’t going to get it. The first half of the book was fascinating as the power shifted. We see it through the eyes of a young man, two young women and a female Senator who has teenage girls. It sounds like a tantalising read and it’s exciting to explore where the world could be if power was reversed. I was disappointed as it seemed like the energy and potential of the idea presented in the beginning was lost somewhere along the way when the women chose to use power the same way men have and do, instead of a creative re-imagining of power dynamics or any other way besides the same old violent and heartless grab for power by sociopaths. The world tilts as men try to grapple with the consequences.

Women begin saving those suffering from sex trafficking, exploitation, and abuse of all types and the power unleashes the ability for women everywhere to stand up for themselves. Girls around the world begin using it and showing older women how to harness it. The setting seems contemporary except young fifteen-year-old girls suddenly acquire the ability to kill, maim and injure people via a skein in their collar bone which gives them the capacity to have electrical power.

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