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Oct 05, 2018KatieD_KCMO rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Unlike any other book I've read. To the naked eye it's a book about mental illness, gender identity, expectations and fluidity, mixed cultural backgrounds, spirituality, etc. But Emezi doesn't write about any of these things in the way you'd expect. Her writing transcends the way these topics are typically discussed in fiction. You don't recognize that Emezi is talking about the trans experience, because Emezi isn't writing a trans character, she's telling a story--not trying to throw the trans experience into her novel for the sake of including a trending topic. The way Emezi structures the dialogue between the selves, can be confusing at times, you're not sure who is talking, which self is presenting, but that mirrors the Ada's own confusion and draws the reader closer to all the selves.