5erinnicole 's review for:

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

DID NOT FINISH: 34%

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I read all the content warnings ahead of time. And I thought I was in a place to enjoy this book. But at about 25% I realized it was just feeling like a slog. Multiple chapters focused on

sexual assault

turned out to be too much for me in the end. 

I have enjoyed other works by this author and may revisit in a format other than audio later. But I have to let this go for now.