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

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thirdeyeangel23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I am Team Feyi all day long!!!! YMAFODWYB was my first experience with Emezi’s writing and has instantly turned me into a fan. This is a story about loss, grief, and all of the messy ways that we move through it. We walk with our main character Feyi who is going through the motions of moving on after tragically losing her fiancé. Interests and friendships become messy when a trip to woo Feyi lands her in the arms of her friends father. I was completely invested in Feyi’s healing journey from beginning to end. Truly a must-read story from Emezi.

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lynseyreads_'s review against another edition

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hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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condls27'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? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was an achingly beautiful. Haunting but also funny? This is going to be one of those books that sticks with me for a long time.

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kharcourt's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective 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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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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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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frankieclc's review

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is akwaeke emezi in the room with us ???? this book felt like it was written by a completely different author

still, as always, able to make me feel incredibly uncomfortable with the content

got too many books to read and this one is annoying me

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