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

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daja's review against another edition

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I don’t really know what it is about this story but I really didn’t care to continue. I’m all for messy books so I don’t think it’s that. If I had to guess, I would say I’m really just not connecting to the characters. 
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k_lupin's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

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nefariousbee's review against another edition

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

4.75

I came out of this book like *who hasn't had dilf thoughts?!*
okay for real, Emezi is a wonderful author, I absolutely adore their characters and the way they portray relationships. in their most raw, messy state. what I missed here is hard to out I to words; I just wanted *more*. more messy, raw feelings. everything happened too all at once for my tastes. but i still absolutely loved it and I think I'm gonna read the rest of their books as well, now that I only have two more to go.
also I gotta say, I was really surprised by the average rating. what is here not to love? I'm gonna read some reviews later but I have string suspicions it's the purity culture and pearl clutching that's so prevalent in the younger generation again and I don't fuck with that. fiction is such a great place to figure out fucked up situations and Emezi does just that here. and they do it well.
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ukponge's review

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

4.0

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sarahreadsromance's review against another edition

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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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julesadventurezone's review against another edition

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emotional reflective 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

3.5

This is a well written story but also the premise was more trashy romance novel than i expected based on the description.
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venetiana's review against another edition

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THE ORIGINAL BOOK IS BRILLIANT. ✨

This explanation is about the German audio book:
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The *German* version is badly translated. I cringed!

Admittedly, while the narrator has an amazing voice, the German audiobook was also not well read, and some things were just pronounced wrong, which kept pulling me out of the story.
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dschwartz5's review

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

3.0

The ending sort of dragged on and got repetitive. 
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luizalikesbooks's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

Don’t let the people saying this book it’s just super messy and spicy fool you. This was 100% a wonderful depiction of how grief undeniably transforms you and how maybe ~messy~ it can be to go about rebuilding your life and prioritizing your joy and pleasure sometimes at the detriment of making other people happy.
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snaileton's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

contemporary romance isn’t really my thing (read it for the florence + the machine title lol) but found myself enjoying it for the most part! the conversations of “should we or should we not” in regards to the main relationship got quite repetitive, and i wasn’t sold on the main couple falling in love so quickly, though they are quite sweet together.
the insta-lust (teetering on instalove) upon meeting alim at the airport threw me out of it. with the blurb describing that she was attracted to someone she definitely shouldn’t be looking at and an early chapter reveal of alim being a widower, it was clear who the main couple would be. i would have liked to see the pair get to know each other and share their similar hurts and develop the relationship from there, rather than love at first sight.
loved the bi rep and the friendship between feyi and joy. not the strongest hit for me, but looking forward to reading more from Emezi in their other works.
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