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Agua dulce by Akwaeke Emezi

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vol6_paulina's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

jess_mango's review against another edition

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4.0

Counts towards Reading Women 2019 Challenge task # 3: A book by an author from Nigeria or New Zealand

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5.0

What a ballsy debut. I don't know if anything can prepare you for this novel. This is heavily spiritual, harnessing Igbo ontology with some Christianity mixed in. For non-Nigerians (like myself) a lot of these ideas and gods and spiritual dynamics are foreign. This is all layered on top of sexual trauma, longstanding conflicts with mental health, gender identity and selfhood. The book's autobiographical roots add to the mystique of Emezi and her story. This is something I want to see on the screen -- can't wait for the television adaptation.

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Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

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4.0

Really good but a little too over-written. There were small moments that were so perfect and true, which makes me think that the entire book must be perfect and true, even the parts I can't relate to. I'm thinking specifically of when Ada is trying to calm herself down by thinking gentle things to herself in the therapist's office, and when she addresses herself in a bathroom mirror while drunk. Really, really small moments, but very truthful.