Reviews

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

golpesar818's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

thought at times overwritten, i think this is a glorious and lyrical work of fiction. very experimental too. 

laurynchandler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

hannahstrashcan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

mcip's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

smithnaomi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

faizastra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ljane44's review against another edition

5.0

The pain of this book is so vivid both in the hard scenes and the complications of joy. Healing from trauma is a universally hard experience and I loved seeing this perspective on what it means to grow and reckon with who you really are. I had trouble putting this book down and have absolutely loved everything by Akwaeke Emezi that I’ve read so far.

kaiazania's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

loreleifae's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

john_quixote's review against another edition

I absolutely love the language and style of this book. The parts narrated by We were incredible. After I got 60 pages in it began to drag for me. I stopped reading, not because it isn't good, it's very, very good, but because I wanted something different.