Shannon’s Reading List: Little Rot

“You think you’ll never be a part of things you hate; you think you’re protected somehow, like the rot won’t ever get to you.” —Chapter 2

Guess how that turned out.

Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi on bookstore shelf

Little Rot is a literary erotic thriller (that’s what I’m talking about) set in a fictional Nigerian metropolis. Sensuality, desire, spicy scenes flow through the entire book.

Yaasss. It’s beautifully written, easy to read, lush, glamorous, propulsive.

I even made a playlist based on all the Nigerian musical artists mentioned

Don’t expect anything like the author’s previous book You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty, however. This one’s dark, violent, and a bit bleak.

It was fun while it lasted, though.


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