A review by niamhgray
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book is beautiful and will grasp your attention and your soul in places you weren’t expecting. You will want to hold the characters close to comfort them but will be plagued by the fact that it’s both your world and even you yourself that create the reason behind them needing to be held. It’s a tough, emotional and poetic read that will ask you to reassess your day to day and ask you “when you look at someone are you really seeing them”? 
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