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A review by codexqueen
How to Cure a Ghost by Fariha Róisín
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
A few gems scattered throughout, and some nice prose accompanied by beautiful illustrations. I appreciated the heavy emotions in the descriptions of the author’s multifaceted traumas and frustrations.
My only griefs are that a lot of the selections the further I read became repetitive and a little too reminiscent of the sort of “shower thoughts” or “Instagram poetry” of contemporary writing (that’s not necessarily a bad thing, just not my thing personally). In retrospect, I think that this book might be better for some if read in short bursts or non consecutively.
Overall, this was a pretty average read, not bad by any means but I feel that the author is capable of better.
My only griefs are that a lot of the selections the further I read became repetitive and a little too reminiscent of the sort of “shower thoughts” or “Instagram poetry” of contemporary writing (that’s not necessarily a bad thing, just not my thing personally). In retrospect, I think that this book might be better for some if read in short bursts or non consecutively.
Overall, this was a pretty average read, not bad by any means but I feel that the author is capable of better.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Sexual content, and War
Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Racism, Colonisation, and Islamophobia