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note: definitelyyy check the trigger warnings on this one, friends.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy
Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Abandonment
Minor: Body horror
The protagonist's 'fractured selves' spoke more than the protagonist themself -- though: what even is a self?, they end up wondering.
Instead of telling a lifetime of traumatic events through the eyes of the person battling against their ensuing 'madness' (as it is called here) -- we follow 'the madness' battling against the human body it is bound to. Outrageous lust and anger splitting the Ada (the protagonist) and their memories into multiple versions. Ultimatly as to protect the Ada.
So this can be read as a story about Dissociative Identitiy Disorder; weaving in tales of Igbo gods, myths, and spirituality.
There are many graphic scence of violence. The latter endeared this book to me (-- I'm sorry, as a reader I'm just craving for mirrors of myself, but I don't want to spoil this work of art by mixing in my own ego.)
I'm looking forward to reading Emezi's other work!
Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder
Minor: Gore, Homophobia, Medical content
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, Dysphoria
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, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicide, Transphobia, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria
Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Outing
Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Body horror, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Medical content
Minor: Eating disorder
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Car accident
update: i was right it is so much better on the reread. it’ll stick with me for a long while, and emezi has since the first read become a favorite author and artist of all time. no one can do it like they do.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma
Minor: Homophobia