A review by smittonwith
Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Rootless is an incredible book that I would recommend to anyone looking for a good dramatic novel about self-discovery and identity. I listened to the audio version of this book and thoroughly enjoyed it. This is a debut novel, which does not show in the complex web of this story. This story follows Efe, and Sam, a married couple trying to understand how life ebbs and flows, how life changes and how it can change you. Efe and Sam have to reconcile their separate and conflicting desires with their status as a family and married couple. Rootless is a beautiful story about enduring more than you think you’re capable of, learning how to ask for what you need and facing all of the unexpected that life brings. This book will break you and then break you again. This book does have themes of self-harm, abortion, and depression. 
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