Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

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

230 reviews

starsandscarsbookclub's review

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Grief

riverrliam's review

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Car accident

alli_andrews's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Car accident, Mental illness, Biphobia, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Homophobia

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

This was honestly so hard to work with, because there were so many peaks and troughs. During some readings I wouldn’t move, then during other readings I would put it down constantly 🥲

I’d heard Akwaeke Emezi’s writing was brilliant, and it definitely is, but I need to read more of their work to see if that helps me to gather my thoughts better. I just didn’t feel like I knew their work properly enough to make a true judgment 😫

Content warnings will be included below!

3 out of 5 stars for me. It’s hectic, it’s gritty, it’s uncomfortable. Thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

jg34's review against another edition

I don’t think I should rate this as I have conflicting feelings. I went in with totally wrong expectations. First I went in blind sort of expecting a literary fiction. THEN once I realized it is marketed as a romance novel, I was expecting the screaming and kicking your feet in the air kind of love story. It was not that. 

The book is well written and explores grief in a beautiful way. I loved the way the characters spoke openly and were vulnerable right away. The romantic pairing felt a bit icky at first but I can appreciate that love is messy and unconventional at times. I didn’t mind the way it was handled either and I understood both theirs and the kids perspective (except when

Nasir went nuts and then later acted like he was entitled to sex bc he was nice and patient 🙄

)

However the romance was a bit of an instalove situation. It felt too dreamy and rushed and I didn’t get the attraction. IT was nice that they could bond over a shared experience and Feyi was with someone caring and emotionally equipped to help her through her grief… but what else was there that made this whole messy situation so worth it?? The love wasn’t very convincing to me. 

This is unlike most romances out there so if you are looking for something new and fresh and messy this may be a good pick for you! 

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Content Warnings

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

Age gap romance

sinoclock's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

The way this book is written is beautiful. I read a sample on my library app and decided to borrow it. I think I finished it in about 2 hours. The way it tells the story and paints a picture of the FMC as an artist handling grief in her work is just beautiful. Unfortunately the premise of the main romance and how it plays out, along with the ending feeling very rushed and abrupt, left me confused and unsatisfied. 

The characters personalities and their actions don't line up to me and I can't agree with the story that any of what happened was acceptable at all- the characters could acknowledge what a mess they were making but they still made it... Yikes. Lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Death

Like we're really gonna pretend the main love interests have an ounce of decency in them after she hooks up with the dude's dad? Come on dude. Both main characters are huge assholes for what they did. I get grief sucks and all but I can't find it relatable or the characters likeable after they pull some shit like that lmao. Especially the bit where it suggests she was right to go so slowly with the son because he flipped out so hard when he found out she was HOOKING UP WITH HIS FATHER as if that's a normal extreme for people to reach and he was just secretly an asshole the whole time. Please

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

sundayfever's review

emotional lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

A quick read, steamy romance but also has emotional depth. Always impressed by how Emezi can write differently but beautifully in different genres. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia and Blood

auudrey's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Violence