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Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

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faizastra's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ljane44's review

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5.0

The pain of this book is so vivid both in the hard scenes and the complications of joy. Healing from trauma is a universally hard experience and I loved seeing this perspective on what it means to grow and reckon with who you really are. I had trouble putting this book down and have absolutely loved everything by Akwaeke Emezi that I’ve read so far.

kaiazania's review

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

loreleifae's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

john_quixote's review

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I absolutely love the language and style of this book. The parts narrated by We were incredible. After I got 60 pages in it began to drag for me. I stopped reading, not because it isn't good, it's very, very good, but because I wanted something different.