Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

379 reviews

mariasgraph's review

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Sexual content and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

shaynicole's review

emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Car accident

bookshelfhannah's review

challenging emotional tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

raptorq's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny

kellirogue's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

jennireadsmaybe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Akwaeke Emezi packs a heartbreaking punch with Feyi's tale of grief and its everlasting effect on our lives. You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty is my favorite of the two Emezi works I've read. The forbidden romance plot mixed with Feyi's character really sucked me in. The writing is so easy to want to keep reading. It definitely had the typical messy charm I've come to associate with their storytelling as well as a lush setting description. 

I think the best part of Feyi and Alim's romance is that they've both experience the unique grief of losing a partner that you'd thought you'd grow old with. It makes their romance that much more believable because they understand each other's loss. I generally didn't like the third act drama from Alim's grown-ass kids, but I understood why it happened. I would've liked to see just a little bit more at the end, but it was still very good. 

Read this if you like forbidden/friends dad romance, being insanely attracted to someone you shouldn't, delicious and delectable foods, and art that packs a punch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

smartcookiesca's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Violence

zgreyz's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

love this author’s writing so much.  all the food descriptions made me hungry. 
i’m not usually into age gap romances but this was still cute. love the way it talks about grief. love the depth of the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Grief

kristenreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Biphobia

passionatereader78's review

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Suicidal thoughts