A review by erintowner
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

2.0

This book was well-written and definitely pulled me in. I was up late reading it a couple of nights. It didn't live up to the rave reviews for me. I found the main character dramatic and selfish, and not just as a side effect of her mental illness. Mental illness is incredibly difficult and I have a lot of sympathy for people dealing with it--but I also like to see people work on themselves/apologize when they inadvertently hurt others. I also had trouble understanding what the author was trying to convey a good amount of the time.