tws: rape (on-page and descriptive fyi), murder, medical trauma/non-consensual medical experimentation, drug use, violence, gun violence, death of a child, child abuse, sexual assault, war, gaslighting

the general concept of 'women mysteriously gain the ability to release electricity from their fingers seemingly overnight' is interesting, but the execution was just not the best and honestly left a lot to be desired in some areas.

i'm interested in how this will be adapted for tv though as the multi povs/storylines/locations is just prime for a live-action adaptation and might work better in that format.

obviously this is a commentary on sexism but this was somewhat at the detriment of insights into other forms of discrimination that would have affected the characters, racism in particular. i'm not entirely surprised that the author (who is white) didn't really explore this and seemed to write some women of colour in either stereotypical or unbelievable/unrealistic ways.

the power is also v binary and is posited as women vs men, but what about people who aren't either of those genders? does the power only affect cis women? anyone who is afab? we never know because clearly in this world trans and non-binary people just don't seem to exist.