A review by poetology
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

An intriguing first novel about trauma and coming of age that makes me want to find out more about the writer's work. I felt uneasy that possession seems to drive the protagonist's queerness but I suspect that the Igbo spiritual landscape is more complex than I can grasp based  on this novel alone.
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