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A review by jburkespraker
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
I went into this book knowing almost nothing about it, except the title, the author, and that all of my booktok friends love this book.
I would recommend looking at the trigger warnings beforehand because I didn’t, and there were a couple of things that I wasn’t quite prepared for. Specifically the self harm and cutting part of the storyline.
But I will say that the second half of this book took me completely by surprise, and I really enjoyed that. Truthfully I think I like the second half of the book better than the first half.
I would recommend looking at the trigger warnings beforehand because I didn’t, and there were a couple of things that I wasn’t quite prepared for. Specifically the self harm and cutting part of the storyline.
But I will say that the second half of this book took me completely by surprise, and I really enjoyed that. Truthfully I think I like the second half of the book better than the first half.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm