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

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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