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aile_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
read in english, paperback
I understand why 15 year old me was astonished by this. But I didn’t feel as strongly this time. Maybe I’ve come in terms with my gender, or more spiritually disconnected. Not sure. This time I didn’t cry once. While I cried all the time the first time I read it. Doesn’t take away the authors’ ingenuity and the books’ amazingness
And I still deeply love freshwater. I know this book has shaped me to the place I am now.
april 2022
read in swedish, ebook
If I could give this book 6 stars I would. Absolutely beautiful. I didn’t understand everything in this book but that do not change the fact that the book is the best ever made. I wonder though if it is a autobiography or not? And my favorite character was Saint Vincent. Going to have to reread it sometime. In english because I read it in swedish.
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Dysphoria
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Transphobia, Violence, and Car accident
thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
i find ọgbanje to be fascinating, but the incorporation of it, or rather the way it's incorporated, in this novel is a lil bit too full of misery. this doesnt mean the book is bad by any means - in fact, i find it to be quite well written - but it purely comes down to my personal taste, which simply doesnt rly click w/ it. and while the lack of a plot doesnt bother me, its long-winded and verbose content that seemingly repeats in countless similar loops does.
the structure and lack of enough info/details also confuse me at times as well, w/ the former jumping around timeline and chronology, and the latter resulting in statements indicating some development or sudden change that the reader isnt previously privy to, making things a bit jarring. i'll still be checking out emezi's the death of vivek oji tho, which hopefully will be better than this one.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Forced institutionalization
qtcarolyn's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia
Minor: Body shaming and Pedophilia
ok7a's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Suicide attempt
nefariousbee's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Biphobia, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Lesbophobia
seawarrior's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
dakarif's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion
oconnorlizzy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicide, Transphobia, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Outing
Assault scenes are present but not extremely graphic; aftermath and results are covered more extensively than events themselves, though there are frank descriptions of rape and (C)SA.snowforest's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Blood
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail