A review by saint_eleanor
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The writing style of this was really cool, like 'Beloved' meets 'a Certain Hunger' meets 'Bless the daughter raised by a voice in her head' (i.e. lots of the royal "we" , lots of lust, and all the prose) . I loved listening to it on tape so i could hear the Igbo read by the author and the pronunciation of stuff, Igbo is so beautiful to listen to! But I feel like i had known that this was autobiographical before i read it i would have liked it more, but i was definitely expecting a novel so it definitely felt really slow. 
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