A review by proofofruin
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

4.0

i liked this a lot, agree with some criticisms and disagree with others. the premise of exploring a community's reaction to a central character's queerness was, as a gay person, both validating and difficult to read. i agree that pieces of it read as disjointed and incomplete, but i felt at least some of that fed into the tone of the entire story as being told through a fog of grief and stress, even during third-person narration. bittersweet and engrossing, made me cry a TON in the last few chapters and more than worth the time i spent with it (only about 6hrs altogether).