Alderman also used several different techniques in the composition of the novel, including the inclusion of letters and diary entries. Alderman's prose is immersive and, well, electric. The novel engages with themes of power, gender, and corruption through several different symbols, including that of Allie’s internal voice which she obeys in the first part of the book. "Captivating, fierce, and unsettling.I was riveted by every page. From award-winning author Naomi Alderman, The Power is speculative fiction at its most ambitious and provocative, at once taking us on a thrilling journey to an alternate reality, and exposing our own world in bold and surprising ways. And, with this small twist of nature, the world drastically resets.
Teenage girls now have immense physical power: they can cause agonizing pain and even death. That’s because in The Power both Alderman’s 2016 novel and the new Prime Video adaptation of it teenage girls suddenly become the threat, as they develop the ability to shoot lightning. But then a vital new force takes root and flourishes, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. In The Power, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature an ambitious American politician a tough London girl from a tricky family. In this stunning bestseller praised as "our era's Handmaid's Tale ," a fierce new power has emerged-and only women have it ( Washington Post ).
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