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Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
βYour eyes meet in the silence. The gaze requires no words at all. It is an honest meeting.β Open Water is an exceedingly lyrical debut. The story, narrated through a second-person perspective (ie ‘you’) is centred on the relationship between two Black British artists (he is a photographer, she is a dancer). Although their relationship…
2nd pov, 3 STARS, Adult, ART/CREATIVITY, Black & Black heritage authors, British Ghanian author, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Contemporary, cultural dissonance, england, friendships, Ghana, identity, LONDON, loneliness, Longing, lyrical prose, male authors, masculinity, netgalley, Open Water, photographers, PHOTOGRAPHY, published in 2021, RACE, read in 2021, ROMANCE, style over character, unnamed characters -
Bad Love by Maame Blue β book review
Bad Love is a compelling debut novel that is part modern love story, part coming of age. The novel’s narrator and protagonist recounts her first relationship, one that blurred the line between ‘good’ love and ‘bad’ love. Ekuah, a British-Ghanaian university student in London, meets Dee on a night out with her friends. From this…
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