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You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

225 reviews

em_h_ma's review

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inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

The story was rich, opulent, hot but I hated the main character so much. Even with all the reasoning, I just couldn’t get behind her actions. The story was quick and easy to read.
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kyleethecatlady's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad tense 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

3.0

It was pretty good! Moved slow at some points where I skipped some pages, but I was invested in the story, so I read to the end. Very interesting and unique story. 
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vezza's review against another edition

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hopeful reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Very strong first half and then unfortunately just falls off a cliff. Its full of the main characters reflections on and revelations about herself, but not done very subtly and that just makes for a relatively boring read. The meditations on grief felt very forced.
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ms_read's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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catnapping's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I had a hard time relating to the characters in this novel, which colors my perceptions of it. That said, there were things that I enjoyed: 

  • The narration for the audiobook was phenomenal. 
  • The author did a wonderful job of creating an environment and drawing the reader into it. Everything was beautifully described in a way that really made me feel a part of it. 
  • The descriptions of art in the book were so engaging that it felt like I was experiencing the exhibits. I'm not usually that into art but there was something very moving about how it was portrayed in this book. 
  • I wanted to eat all of the food Alim prepared. It sounded amazing. 
  • Alim had such well developed emotional intelligence and we could probably all learn something from how he communicated at certain parts of the book. 

I don't know that I'd recommend this book, but it did make me very interested to read other books by the author. 
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keeganrb's review against another edition

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4.0

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cowsaymuh's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Poignant and accurate depiction of grief and finding love afterwards again... There were some aspects and traits in the characters that were a little unbelievable but overall it was a good and fun and sweet romance
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pm_me_book_recs's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 Akwaeke Emezi is such a dynamic author- I'm all in.

Romance is def not my typical area of enjoyment, but this was so entertaining and the overall message was heartfelt. I really want to see this on screen! There also seems to be a pattern of me enjoying food focused romance??

The amount of growth and healing that happens across the board, even with periphery characters, is so good to see. With the numerous shenanigans and circumstances Feyi gets into, it does get comedic, but never degrading. I love the honest and upfront relationship Feyi and Joy have, we all need someone like Joy! The family drama is raw and painful, the matter of consent is constant and normalized, the writing and descriptions are gorgeous. I also loved that we get to see closure across the board and that Feyi is not the only focus!

The beginning is hot and heavy, but the rest of the story is mostly steam-free aside from imaginings and a few happenings later on. 
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rexpostfacto's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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bibble_kingly's review against another edition

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The book started off incredibly messy and the mess was just a lot for me.
Things to note:
  • The main character is supposed to be unlikable
  • Almost all of the prominent side characters are incredibly messy in their own way. (Yes, people can be messy in real life and fiction. The behavior is also really toxic despite the fact, we are told our main femme characters are in therapy)

This book just wasnt for me and that's okay. 
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