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A review by ruthlessreads
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
5.0
This book quite literally saved my life. Without it, I may never have started T or lived long enough to give it a chance. Emezi is an unparalled writer, the queer literary god of our generation. Their words, syntax, and thoughts pieced together from broken pieces of their shattered soul & masks are mirrors to so many of our experiences.
Though I'm different from Emezi in many ways, I found so much of this memoir relateable in ways and for things that I'd never found the words, or the courage, to voice. I've read other books of this author's and really liked them but this was singular experience.
I'm already re-reading to highlight and annotate the sections that stuck out to me the first time and to seek out the hidden gems I'm sure I missed. This book is phenomenal in absolutely every way. I cannot recommend it enough!
Though I'm different from Emezi in many ways, I found so much of this memoir relateable in ways and for things that I'd never found the words, or the courage, to voice. I've read other books of this author's and really liked them but this was singular experience.
I'm already re-reading to highlight and annotate the sections that stuck out to me the first time and to seek out the hidden gems I'm sure I missed. This book is phenomenal in absolutely every way. I cannot recommend it enough!