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A review by bifuriousaf
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I found this book to be brutal and a deep red, like the bright lifeblood the author/narrator references. It’s a tale about the co/fragmented existences of a little girl and something more as it tries to burst out of her flesh. The struggle between godhood and mortality and survival and love and self reclamation. I felt like Emezi looked into my soul and saw my deepest hopes and fears and shames and I felt the broken mixed bastard demigod stuck between planes (that is and isn’t me) starring back at me.
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood