A review by nenaveenstra
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This book helped me get an idea of what it's like to have a multitude personality disorder, while also telling me that that's not what it is. It is a non-Western - or better said, Nigerian - view of mental illness and queerness and folklore. It was so interesting. But it was also super dark and I had to put this book down multiple times because I started hyperventilating a little bit. Also the chronology is a bit off but I decided to ignore that.
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