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elizea's review
4.75
Graphic: Suicide attempt
Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Gore, Body horror, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
tangleroot_eli's review
Graphic: Transphobia, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Gore
Moderate: Cannibalism, Infidelity, and Racism
Minor: Sexual assault
imrereads's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Gore
ominous_teapot's review
4.0
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Death, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
laurenleigh's review
4.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Gore, Blood, Sexual content, and Death
Moderate: Violence, Medical content, Homophobia, and Transphobia
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Fire/Fire injury
maryberthelsen's review
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence
merin_aran's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence
ceallaighsbooks's review
5.0
“I know many people survive, but I also think people glorify resilience a little too much, forgetting that the fragile ones simply die as the world walks on over their bones. There are some things we shouldn’t be boasting about.
“I remember how it felt, and I know it was true. Maybe not in this life or this dimension, but it was true, and I miss it so much.”
“Alone, there’s just me, and I see myself clearly.”
- Freshwater, and everything else by Akwaeke Emezi
- The Icarus Girl, and everything else by Helen Oyeyemi
- The Bone People, and Te Kaihau The Windeater, by Keri Hulme
- Zami, by Audre Lorde
- The Night Before the Day, by Ailo Gaup
- The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, by Mariana Enríquez
- The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson
- The Nesting, by C. J. Cooke
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Rape, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
undertheteacup's review
5.0
Graphic: Gore and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Ableism, Transphobia, Cannibalism, Racism, and Abandonment
Minor: Sexual assault
catapocalypse's review
5.0
Emezi's goals were to write truly of their personal experiences and to put those ideas out there for Black readers in particular. That said, I strongly urge other white readers not to shy away. We need to read and think about these things with honest reflection. So much of how we've harmed others and ourselves comes out of operating on narrow views and letting bad ideas calcify into accepted norms. Learning that this isn't how things are or should be helps work on dismantling these cages. There is still so much in here to relate to, and a lot that we can also find freeing, if we're willing to listen and think on it.
I would advise being prepared to go into this in the right headspace. It's at least as brutal and breathtaking as Freshwater, with a lot of heavy things covered in heavy detail. There are in-depth looks at depression, suicidal ideation and attempts, death, and a small section including fantasies of cannibalism.
I took my reading slow to let things percolate and avoid being overwhelmed. It was such a rewarding experience. Emezi remains a favorite, and I look forward to their upcoming projects.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Infidelity
Moderate: Cannibalism, Blood, Gore, Grief, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Chronic illness, Islamophobia, and Murder