Review by georeadss - You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

georeadss 's review for:

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

4.0

emotional 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: Yes

What a wonderfully bold and emotional book about learning what it means to be alive. Emezi’s exploration of grief, healing and love was beautifully and powerfully written, with characters that felt real and flawed.

I did feel at times it was too modern. I have an aversion to stories that bring up Instagram, video calls and the like, but ultimately those choices didn’t take away from the overall themes of this book.

I am excited to check out more of Emezi’s work.

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