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eloise_bradbooks 's review for:
Freshwater
by Akwaeke Emezi
Well this was a fascinating way of telling the story of a woman dealing with multiplicity, or ogbanje as it is known in Nigerian culture.
I've known of something similar called dissociative identity disorder. This story clearly represents this disorder, without ever really saying it.
There's this complete feeling of curiosity and wonder while reading: is this a personality disorder or a myth or is this really a spirit/god controling a woman's body and mind?
The fact that this is semi-autobiographical and that the author actually deals with multiplicity makes the story truly authentic and believable and yet remains close to fantasy.
The writing was beautiful. And although it took a while to get into (it was tough understanding what was happening at first), you quickly get drawn into this story with really interesting "characters".
I've known of something similar called dissociative identity disorder. This story clearly represents this disorder, without ever really saying it.
There's this complete feeling of curiosity and wonder while reading: is this a personality disorder or a myth or is this really a spirit/god controling a woman's body and mind?
The fact that this is semi-autobiographical and that the author actually deals with multiplicity makes the story truly authentic and believable and yet remains close to fantasy.
The writing was beautiful. And although it took a while to get into (it was tough understanding what was happening at first), you quickly get drawn into this story with really interesting "characters".