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arwa'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: Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
tina94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Drug use
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry
hanz's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
beckybirch'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
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Domestic abuse
afriske'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: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Self harm
Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Rape
Minor: Child abuse and Sexual content
bookscoffeehayley'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
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
CW: suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, rape, self-harm, self-destructive behavior, child abuse, domestic violence
This book did, in fact, destroy me for a bit… Akwaeke Emezi has quickly become an auto-buy author for me. After reading their sophomore novel, The Death of Vivek Oji, I needed more of this brilliant writing.
I’m yet again blown away by Emezi’s writing in Freshwater, their autobiographical debut novel. The way they write about the exploration of self, trauma, spiritual identity, the soul’s strategies of protection, self-destruction, rebuilding. There’s a lot to unpack in this novel; a lot of aspects of Ada’s story resonated with me and my own mental health journey.
I highly recommend this one and I will be moving Emezi’s YA debut, Pet, to the top of my TBR!
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Rape, Self harm, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
marioncromb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, and Medical content
emfass's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I am close to someone who experiences dissociative identity disorder, and while I don't want to compare their experience to a culture/ontology/spirituality I know nothing about and the parallels and contrasts therein, I will also say that this book was both incredibly profound and challenging to read, due to how closely it seems to reflect some of my friend's experiences.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Homophobia
joshlegere's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Cursing
rosenaughtin's review against another edition
- 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
Favorite quote: “That was the first thing that made us interested in him — his anger. His rich, thick blood sap anger. His nightmare childhood trauma anger...you could taste the sharp sting of it, the salty frantic colors it had.“
Graphic: Self harm and Suicide
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape