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A review by ciarajalberts
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
5.0
An imaginative and experimental novel centered around the limits of personhood.
Ada, our protagonist, is exploring her identity. As she confronts various forms of trauma, she begins to fracture and develop into distinct separate alters.
Pulling from frameworks of the metaphysical and spirituality, this book has an interesting connection to liminal spaces and identities that are within that intersection.
The pacing of this story took me a bit to sink into, but it's full of beautiful prose and observations of the strangeness of the in between and the unknown.
Ada, our protagonist, is exploring her identity. As she confronts various forms of trauma, she begins to fracture and develop into distinct separate alters.
Pulling from frameworks of the metaphysical and spirituality, this book has an interesting connection to liminal spaces and identities that are within that intersection.
The pacing of this story took me a bit to sink into, but it's full of beautiful prose and observations of the strangeness of the in between and the unknown.