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A review by starrysteph
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
4.5
Reread July 2024: Even better on a reread - and so much more stood out to me now that I've read all of their books, including Little Rot.
Agonizingly relatable. Unapologetic. Their prose is SO good and illuminates so much of my own life and brain.
Chills the whole way through. Grateful that I'm here at the same time they are publishing books.
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Beautiful. Deeply poetic, deeply vulnerable, and deeply illuminating.
Having already read most of Emezi's work, this memoir gave me a lot of clarity around the concepts explored in their books (specifically Freshwater).
CW: suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts, transphobia, rape, sexual assault, mental illness, medical content, dysphoria, grief, infidelity, toxic relationship, chronic illness, self harm
Agonizingly relatable. Unapologetic. Their prose is SO good and illuminates so much of my own life and brain.
Chills the whole way through. Grateful that I'm here at the same time they are publishing books.
---
Beautiful. Deeply poetic, deeply vulnerable, and deeply illuminating.
Having already read most of Emezi's work, this memoir gave me a lot of clarity around the concepts explored in their books (specifically Freshwater).
CW: suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts, transphobia, rape, sexual assault, mental illness, medical content, dysphoria, grief, infidelity, toxic relationship, chronic illness, self harm
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
Minor: Cannibalism and Car accident