Freshwater is a surrealist novel about a Nigerian girl called Ada, who is a human vessel for the powerful gods that inhibit her body. As her consciousness of her godly origins slowly unfold, she is soon forced to realise her true destiny.

I loved how audacious and symbolic this story was. The subversive ways in which religious imagery and mythology were used felt very open to interpretation and as such, I couldn't help but think that the gods inhibiting Ada's body was a metaphor for body dysphoria and the subsequent transitioning she underwent.

At times I thought Freshwater was so abstract that it was hard to connect with all the inner turmoil Ada was facing, particularly all the extreme measures she was driven to in order to satiate the desires of the hedonistic gods inside of her. But I also thought this story had a lot of depth and significance.