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A review by frankiemoe
Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Once again Akwaeke Emezi approaches a difficult topic in all its complexity. Over the span of two days, characters are faced with choices that challenge their image of themselves. Who are we? What is the intersection of the environment shaping us and us shaping the environment? What choices do we have versus the choices we see and make?
This book pulls you in and does not stop until the end. Yet, it is very difficult and triggering to read at times. The author addresses pedophilia and sexual abuse head on - indeed, avoiding writing about it would not prevent it from happening, - and leaves spaces in between for the reader to look into the other side of justifications and choices people have in these circumstances, and leaving one stuck there assessing what was left unsaid, what other options could be there, what one would have done. Yet, the answers are never simple.
Horrifying read that challenges the reader and society's ignorance at large.
This book pulls you in and does not stop until the end. Yet, it is very difficult and triggering to read at times. The author addresses pedophilia and sexual abuse head on - indeed, avoiding writing about it would not prevent it from happening, - and leaves spaces in between for the reader to look into the other side of justifications and choices people have in these circumstances, and leaving one stuck there assessing what was left unsaid, what other options could be there, what one would have done. Yet, the answers are never simple.
Horrifying read that challenges the reader and society's ignorance at large.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Classism