This story reminds me a bit of Celest Ng’s Everything I Never Told You. We start with a dead main character and then read on to find out more.

I loved this book. I started reading it yesterday afternoon and finished it today. All the emotions (shame, love, grief) all felt so real. These emotions are real things our community feels all too often. 

I enjoyed the suspense of trying to figure out how they died and loved the mom’s final reaction to the news. It left me with a little bit of hope in an otherwise sad story. 

I just have one last question that I don’t think was answered. Why the blackouts and seizures? We’re they just to show that secrets would be kept, no matter the situation?

Emezi’s books are already on my TBR. I’m way more excited about reading them now. Their writing felt like home.