--- product_id: 111534306 title: "The Power" price: "£12.90" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/111534306-the-power store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # The Power **Price:** £12.90 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Power - **How much does it cost?** £12.90 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/111534306-the-power) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Power [Alderman, Naomi] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Power Review: What if women had the power? - This was a timely book to have happened upon during this era of #MeToo. Definitely a one of a kind book. I have never read this sort of science-fiction before and it was strangely liberating and incredibly insightful. It is amazing how it takes such a simple exercise of role reversal to make you rethink some of the things you've long accepted as "normal". There is one main character in the book that really shows you the progression of change that is occurring in this fictitious society. He goes from living in a world where he ALWAYS feels safe, to living in a world where he is likely to get violently attacked at any moment (and does). Having that sort of mental exercise put into context the violence that we, as women, have to face on a nearly daily basis. And if we are not directly facing it, we are living in constant fear of violence against us. The UN recently released a report titled a Global Study on Homicide: Gender-related killing of women and girls. One of the key findings of this study was that of the 87,000 intentionally killed women in 2017, more than half of them (58%) were killed by intimate partners or family members. This study made headlines because it was stated that in the four regions of the world with the highest share of murdered women, the home was the most likely place for a woman to be killed. To put this into context, women and girls account for only 20% of total homicides. And only one out of every five homicides at the global level is perpetuated by an intimate partner or family member. However, women and girls make up the vast majority of those deaths (64%). The Power gives the reader the opportunity to imagine what the world would look like if women no longer had to fear for their lives. If women no longer had to fear for their lives in their own homes. If women no longer had to fear their significant other or their family members. There is this particularly powerful scene in the book where a governmental official realizes during a meeting that she is the most powerful person in the room. That if she wanted to she could do anything she wanted to anyone she wanted. The internal discussion she has with herself is incredible because she thinks to herself, "Is this how men have always felt?". All in all, a great read and highly recommended. Additionally, I highly recommend checking out these two French films that do a similar mind experiment: Oppressed Majority and I Am Not An Easy Man. Review: Thought provoking work of speculative fiction - The author had me hooked with the central premise of the book - Teenage girls all over the world develop an ability, an awesome power. Let's just leave it at that so you can actually find what this power is when you read the book. Now, if something like this were to happen, it would bring chaos, and quite possibly, change the order of the world. The book is a decent read. The writing is good enough and the narrative has enough momentum to keep you engaged. I loved the description of the many different events that take place as a result of this awakening, especially the one that happens in the Middle East. I found the book thought-provoking and worth my time. As a work of speculative fiction, it does justice to the genre. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #24,030 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #114 in Dystopian Fiction (Books) #306 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books) #997 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (27,992) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 1.35 x 8.25 inches | | Edition | Illustrated | | ISBN-10 | 0316547603 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0316547604 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 400 pages | | Publication date | January 8, 2019 | | Publisher | Back Bay Books | ## Images ![The Power - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81OKlSJK11L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What if women had the power? *by L***E on December 9, 2018* This was a timely book to have happened upon during this era of #MeToo. Definitely a one of a kind book. I have never read this sort of science-fiction before and it was strangely liberating and incredibly insightful. It is amazing how it takes such a simple exercise of role reversal to make you rethink some of the things you've long accepted as "normal". There is one main character in the book that really shows you the progression of change that is occurring in this fictitious society. He goes from living in a world where he ALWAYS feels safe, to living in a world where he is likely to get violently attacked at any moment (and does). Having that sort of mental exercise put into context the violence that we, as women, have to face on a nearly daily basis. And if we are not directly facing it, we are living in constant fear of violence against us. The UN recently released a report titled a Global Study on Homicide: Gender-related killing of women and girls. One of the key findings of this study was that of the 87,000 intentionally killed women in 2017, more than half of them (58%) were killed by intimate partners or family members. This study made headlines because it was stated that in the four regions of the world with the highest share of murdered women, the home was the most likely place for a woman to be killed. To put this into context, women and girls account for only 20% of total homicides. And only one out of every five homicides at the global level is perpetuated by an intimate partner or family member. However, women and girls make up the vast majority of those deaths (64%). The Power gives the reader the opportunity to imagine what the world would look like if women no longer had to fear for their lives. If women no longer had to fear for their lives in their own homes. If women no longer had to fear their significant other or their family members. There is this particularly powerful scene in the book where a governmental official realizes during a meeting that she is the most powerful person in the room. That if she wanted to she could do anything she wanted to anyone she wanted. The internal discussion she has with herself is incredible because she thinks to herself, "Is this how men have always felt?". All in all, a great read and highly recommended. Additionally, I highly recommend checking out these two French films that do a similar mind experiment: Oppressed Majority and I Am Not An Easy Man. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thought provoking work of speculative fiction *by K***Y on January 11, 2018* The author had me hooked with the central premise of the book - Teenage girls all over the world develop an ability, an awesome power. Let's just leave it at that so you can actually find what this power is when you read the book. Now, if something like this were to happen, it would bring chaos, and quite possibly, change the order of the world. The book is a decent read. The writing is good enough and the narrative has enough momentum to keep you engaged. I loved the description of the many different events that take place as a result of this awakening, especially the one that happens in the Middle East. I found the book thought-provoking and worth my time. As a work of speculative fiction, it does justice to the genre. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Power is a revelation *by S***S on May 27, 2019* This book was everything I expected, but in a way that's more, that's better than what that implies. When I was about a third of the way through, I told a friend that I knew how the book was going to go because "absolute power corrupts absolutely;" I was a history major, I remember that much at least. And it did! The Power corrupted; it took decent people and chewed them up and took awful people and made them more monsterous, but just because the end result is possible to infer as early as the first chapter, as early as the first correspondences, doesn't mean this book is predictible. The Power drags you by the nose with bait-and-switches, red herrings, false leads. It lulls you, tells you in a gentle crooning accent that you own the place, that you saw through the ruse to the obvious conclusion, and so you're safe, even as you know you're not. The Power tells you "See, everything is exactly as you knew!" and "You should've been challenging that idea, you've made a miscalculation," sometimes both at the same time. It's confusing, illuminating, and thought-provoking. It's the kind of book you can fall into, that creates a world so strong that when you emerge from reading it, you're shocked that it hasn't bled into reality. This novel is a revelation and an absolute joy to read, and, as the cover says, absolutely electrifying. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Power - The Handmaid's Tale - 1984: 75th Anniversary --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/111534306-the-power](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/111534306-the-power) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-20*