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A review by moonyreadsbystarlight
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book is one of a kind. I don't really know where to begin describing it. There are so many intricate details that pull the story together -- not to wrap it up into a neat bow, but to describe the Ada's experience. The format is very serpentine -- going back and forth in different ways that are disjointed, but fit precisely because of that disjointedness. This is a story that I am going to spend a lot of time processing and will definitely reread. It was intense and liminal.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Car accident, and Suicide attempt