Reviews tagging 'Child death'

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

75 reviews

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.25

This is a complicated, messy love story and a brilliant reflection on love after loss.
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booksalacarte's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again.

It’s been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and she’s almost a new person now—an artist with her own studio, and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die best friend, Joy, who insists it’s time for Feyi to ease back into the dating scene. Feyi isn’t ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could have never imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island, decadent meals in the glamorous home of a celebrity chef, and a major curator who wants to launch her art career.

This new life she asked for just got a lot more complicated, and Feyi must begin her search for real answers. Who is she ready to become? Can she release her past and honor her grief while still embracing her future? And, of course, there’s the biggest question of all—how far is she willing to go for a second chance at love?

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✨My Opinion✨
I would say that this is a book more about grief and climbing your way back to life, rather than a romance. This aspect of the writing was really well done.

Personal preference for me was that I didn’t enjoy the winding way to the MMC. I feel like we didn’t get as much time to get to know him and connect with him better. But I also realize that this book wasn’t about him. 
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eve81's review against another edition

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

4.5

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courtneymcgarity's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

Sometime a piece of art, a painting, a play, a book, comes along that makes you feel alive. It reminds you what it is to be human. It draws your attention to the insanity that is living on this earth, breathing, existing, feeling everything. This book felt like that. It felt like poetry. The love story was one of the messiest, but somehow not the most complicated because it just fit. I loved these characters, laughed so much at Joy and Feyi’s relationship, and cried multiple times throughout this book. It’s definitely going to stick with me for a while. 
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dianakamau's review against another edition

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

2.75

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erikamtini's review against another edition

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emotional reflective 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

3.75

Not a genre I would usually go for, but a fun read that explores grief.
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thoughtsfromtheafro's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book engrossed me much more than I anticipated. The writing is solid; I could visualize so many of the scenes. The storyline is messy and complicated, as humans are and love sometimes can be. But it’s so…relatable, even if you haven’t experienced the same trauma as the main character.


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stacy_gets_lit's review against another edition

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

5.0

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melodyseestrees's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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tiffanne11's review against another edition

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dark hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

HOW CAN A SINGLE BOOK MAKE YOU FEEL SO MANY THINGS?! It was so good and so full of emotion that I can't believe it was only one book. It felt like the entirety of the human experience wrapped up in one story. 
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