A review by mruds
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

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

5.0

a SOLID 5/5 — i got chills reading it. the concept of having “multiple people inside of you” really resonated with me — though i don’t relate to the latter, i’ve definitely experienced a lot of the emotions displayed within the book. 

the writing is powerful and evocative, and i think i’m going to struggle to find something better written than this. 

i’ll conclude this with this thought: the really scary parts of this aren’t what happens to ada (those are clearly EXTREMELY depressing and deserve TWs in their own right) but rather ada’s developing and deteriorating psychology. 

terrifying. i’ll be hard-pressed to find a psychological thriller better done than this.
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