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A review by pupbeat
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

A read I enjoyed quite a lot, though an undoubtedly heavy one with dark subject matter. If you are coming in with no context or prior knowledge of Igbo mythology like I did you might get a little tripped up at first, but you can pretty quickly catch on to what things mean with context clues.
I loved the protagonist a lot (
though I guess we have quite a few more than just one in this case but im referring to just Ada
).
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