Open Water

Impressive piece of work for one so young. But for a short novel it felt too long.

This book starts being difficult to read, as the protagonist. After the initial effort it makes sense to keep on reading, to understand that trauma, love, music and photography are described in every page. Interesting way of expressing, interesting way to see and feel the world.

The book tiered me. I felt the sincerity of thoughts but the expressions of those hit me as ponderous.

Beautiful, lyrical, intimate portrait of the relationship between two young artists in London. Friendship, trust, love, and fear of giving everything to another person push and pull the two as they ebb and flow the open waters of being together, being themselves, and being apart. I enjoyed this so much, and was happily sidetracked googling some of the incredible examples of Black Excellence in art, music, literature and culture celebrated throughout.

So beautifully written. Why love can be difficult for men