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

230 reviews

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

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Sexism

Minor: Biphobia

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

challenging hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent

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

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Emezi is one of the best writers I have read from. they write such full characters. the characters have flaws but can also be so loveable. while i could point out many “flaws” in this book, it doesn’t matter. i loved it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Cancer, Death of parent, Cursing, Infertility, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

barbarella85's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

zombiezami's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Blood, Violence, Death, Car accident, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Outing

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, and Biphobia

bek_p87's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

This was as gorgeous and lush as the island setting. I felt the tension - sexual and otherwise - as Feyi grappled with her feelings and choices regarding Alim, and I admired her courage and self-knowledge. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Racial slurs

thecriticalreader's review against another edition

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

4.5

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi is a romance novel, which is not something I knew when I started reading it. It follows the same beats as a romance novel, albeit with a somewhat outlandish premise. There were so many opportunities for this book not to work for me, which is why I was surprised when so much of it did. The characters are well-written, and the story lets the characters drive the romance rather than the other way around. I adored the indulgent, luscious descriptions of the landscapes, food (seriously mouth-watering), people, and art. I found the romantic relationship to be easy to root for, as the two central characters are flawed yet likable, mature, and interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Toxic friendship

alexbrhms's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content