A review by velsbooknook
Open Water, by Caleb Azumah Nelson
emotional
inspiring
4.75
Caleb Azumah Nelson has a way with words - just wow. Open Water is written in second person and I think I haven't read a book in that perspective. It works so well and you feel like you are a silent observer in the story which I very much enjoyed!
The story is about a photographer and a dancer. The male MC is going through such a lot of trauma and isn't able to express his emotions it is weighing down that otherwise beautiful love story. The book deals with racism, police brutality, relationships, love and overall what it means and feels like to be a British black man.
The story is about a photographer and a dancer. The male MC is going through such a lot of trauma and isn't able to express his emotions it is weighing down that otherwise beautiful love story. The book deals with racism, police brutality, relationships, love and overall what it means and feels like to be a British black man.
“It's one thing to be looked at, and another to be seen.”
This book was absolutely heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. It is only 144 pages long but filled so incredibly beautifully with words and feelings. I highly recommend!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, Racism, Police brutality, and Violence