Reviews tagging 'Child death'

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

73 reviews

ms_read's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Car accident, and Biphobia

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Child death

age gap romance

lil_wavy_'s review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Y’ALL THIS IS THE MOST MESSIEST BOOK I’VE EVER READ & THAT SAYS A LOT 💀. I LOVE A GOOD MESSY BOOK BUT THIS ONE TAKES THE CAKE. I UNDERSTAND THAT LOVE IS LOVE BUT I WOULDN’T WANT TO WISH THIS TYPE OF MESSY LOVE ON MY OWN ENEMIES 🤦🏾‍♀️. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL WELL WRITTEN BOOK ABOUT FINDING LOVE AFTER DEATH. I’LL ADMIT, I DO NOT LIKE FEYI (ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS) SHE CONTRADICTED HERSELF AFTER SHE GOT CAUGHT FOR HER OWN WRONG DOINGS. IT DIDN’T EVEN SEEM LIKE SHE WAS SORRY ABOUT ANYTHING THAT SHE DID. NASIR HAS EVERY RIGHT TO FEEL ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAS TRANSPIRED WITH HIM & FEYI. 

TW: D*ATH, HOMOPHOBIA

RATE: 7/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Homophobia

sulaasg's review

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Grief

Moderate: Child death and Car accident

oz2021's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Minor: Child death

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Homophobia, Biphobia, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, and Child death

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Car accident, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Violence, Death of parent, Gore, Homophobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Drug use, Self harm, Domestic abuse, and Cancer

capriqueen's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

3.0

This started off really strong for me. I like Feyi as a character and Joy is really funny, their relationship was my favorite. I liked reading about a woman working though her grief and learning to own her life and sexuality again

The main romance was enticing to me only when it was in the pre-stages. The forbidden flirting and shameful desire. I was gasping and kicking my feet

But as soon as everything got real, that’s when it got boring imo

The long drawn out (but very realistic) conversations about what to do, the disaster it brought to the family, all over a brand new relationship. I get it on one hand in-story but also found it hard at times to suspend my disbelief. And the titillation was gone. But I love Feyi’s development in the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

queenkath32's review

emotional

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, Blood, and Death

julesfrigault'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Blood

Moderate: Child death and Death

toy_masterpiece's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

⭐️🎧Audiobook Listener🎧⭐️

I have never giggled while reading a book as much I as I did listening to this one. Is this how all romance novels are? It was such a riot! The dialogue is on point, I loved it when these characters interacted with one another, especially Feyi and Joy. I loved those two.

These characters are a classic case of saying the quiet part out loud which can come off as unsubtle but I found it refreshing. No pointless miscommunication arcs, no letting bad behavior slide for a love interest. Yes,

holding people accountable. Yes, allowing past relationships to help you, not to grow bitter, but to grow and to mature.

As someone who also overthinks and rethinks and regrets, I appreciated the drawn out moments of planning, rationalizing, and self-doubt. 


Bahni Turpin brought this elegant writing to life. I was the tiniest bit upset when she couldn't do the Nigerian accent for some slang that I believe was meant to be read that way, but it's literally an almost negligible complaint. She really made me fall in love with Feyi throughout this book.

Spiciness Level: Not too spicy

- 2 descriptive scenes
- 2 mentioned scenes

"Let out a breath she didn't know she was holding" check at 3h (lol)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

Minor: Child death