It's rare that I read contemporary novels, and rarer that I find one I like, but this sounded promising: A future dystopia where women suddenly develop strange powers of channeling electricity through their bodies. The idea is, of course, that women then have no need to fear violence from men.
I ended up disliking this so much. Despite all the praise from reviewers, there was nothing so great about the writing, and although I liked the premise, it just became so dark, so depressing, so violent.
I'm dumping it because I don't even want it in the house.