[1] A Bildungroman, the novel takes place in the British countryside and in London and traces the childhood, adolescence and young adulthood of its first-person narrator, "K", and deals with the themes of identity, family, trauma, mental health, masculinity and racism.

The second and third section, entitled "Reflection" and "Change" respectively, deal with his move back to his Ghanaian working-class family in Tottenham, London, his school days, his mostly absent father, his discovery of sexuality and his relationship to his mother, as well as to his younger brother, "P", who becomes involved in crime.

The last two sections, entitled "Construction" and "Acceptance", cover K’s struggle with mental illness, his alcohol abuse, his diagnosis with BPD and his suicidal tendencies.

"[3] Each of the five sections of the novel is fronted by a statement about storytelling, addressed to Anansi, a trickster character from West African folklore who takes the form of a spider.

[8][9][10] The chair of the judging panel, Preti Taneja, described it in the following terms: "That Reminds Me is written with a rare style that wrings pure beauty from every painful, absurd moment K must face.