A review by chichio
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Living happened till it didn’t. There was no choice in it. To say no to a new day would be unthinkable. So each morning you said yes, then stepped into the consequence. 

God. GOD! I love it when poets turn into novelists… there’s such experimentation with not just the prose but the overall structure of the book. I feel like poets don’t dumb down what they want to present; poetry is and always has been for the people that get it on a visceral level rather than those that need a lot of explanation, a lot of hand-holding.