A review by all_yellow
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The prose is stunningly beautiful, more like poetry than a novel. The story is moving, emotional, necessary, raw, and I enjoyed the second-person perspective on the main character. A small complaint but I found some of the dialogue a little hard to follow without attributions, but I forgive it because the book was otherwise so brilliant and really made me feel things deeply.
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