Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

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

39 reviews

lay_kone's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

ebartsch85's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

 I can feel the weight of this book sitting in my chest. It feels like an open wound that has begun to heal from the beauty and rawness of this book. I honestly didn't know what to think when the book began but this book feels like life. As our main character says its "messy and alive." This is truly beautiful.



“You were like light. I couldn’t help but to turn my face to you if I wanted to keep living.”


"We're doing this?"
"What...setting our lives on fire? Sounds fantastic."
"I'll burn with you."
 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident

tamaramo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Death, and Car accident

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

wanderlust_romance's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This was an intricate and messy romance. I'm going to focus on two aspects that made the story particularly challenging. First is the tourist aspect. The majority of this book takes place on an unnamed (or perhaps I missed it's singular mention) tropical island in the Caribbean. There is neither an established sense of place nor insights or observations from Feyi's perspective during her stay on the island. In that sense, the story felt unmoored and vague. (Though perhaps that's the point, as Feyi struggles to "feel alive" again.) Feyi has arrived in a landscape vastly different from her well known NYC surroundings, and she is immersed in a world of wealth, privilege, and access. This leads into the second aspect - the power dynamics. Feyi arrives in this island location as a guest of Nasir, albeit in his famous Michelin star chef father Alim's home. She is afforded access and introductions into the local gallery/museum scene through her connections to both Nasir and Alim. While she determines early on that her relationship with Nasir will not extend beyond friendship, a starting point they have both agreed to, Feyi never communicates this to establish boundaries or clarify expectations. Miscommunication has entered the chat - and it's a doozy. Nasir feels entitled to more from his relationship with Feyi, that she should be grateful for the access, lodgings, meals, and transport she's been provided, and perhaps that she is indebted to him as such. Which... doesn't really feel like friendship, though that's Nasir's claim - "let's go slow; I'll be patient; just friends for now." While Alim also holds a certain level of power over Feyi, through his fame, wealth, age, and connections, he is more mindful about that dynamic. There is less demand on his side. His acts of service toward Feyi are performed from a deeper sense of care and attraction, but also rooted in their shared connection over their loss of a spouse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Self harm

This book features cheating, miscommunication, and (for lack of a better term) a love triangle

caitlinemccann's review

emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Sexism

Minor: Biphobia

barbarella85's review against another edition

dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual content, Death, and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

ssmylie's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahreadsromance's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

If I could give this more than 5 stars I would.  Emezi illustrates the complexity of love and grief.  They so clearly communicates that life can be messy as hell but beautiful all the same.  There is a depth in the emotions they write that I can’t even fathom.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Car accident, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Homophobia

venetiana's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense slow-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

5.0

Best book I've read in a long time. Sometimes I wanted to highlight All the Words, the writing is beautiful.
Very emotional (in a good way) and tender.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Biphobia, Outing, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexism, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Homophobia, Alcohol, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

iamamyyyyy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Child death