A review by dlberglund
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
4.0
The author reads the audiobook, which makes me feel much closer to the material.
This isn't easy to read, and is very open to interpretation, whether or not you've read any interviews with the author. On the surface level (subject matter, age group, level of realism), it is not much like Pet, the author's more recent novel,; however, there is still the skilled crafting of complicated characters, perspectives, and language itself. This story is mostly told by the god-spirits who inhabit the body of Nigerian-born Ada, and much of it centers around trauma and identity. But there are so many layers to this slithering tale; a second reading would probably be even better.
This isn't easy to read, and is very open to interpretation, whether or not you've read any interviews with the author. On the surface level (subject matter, age group, level of realism), it is not much like Pet, the author's more recent novel,; however, there is still the skilled crafting of complicated characters, perspectives, and language itself. This story is mostly told by the god-spirits who inhabit the body of Nigerian-born Ada, and much of it centers around trauma and identity. But there are so many layers to this slithering tale; a second reading would probably be even better.