A review by urbansailor
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This is one of those books where you frequently need to pause and stare at a blank wall for a while and just think. Heavy discussion about death and helped me process a lot that I have had trouble working through. Beautiful poetry. Super well built characters. Definitely something I’ll pick up and reread in the future.
The end took me by surprise, but now I don’t think it could have ended any other way than his death.