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

5.0

You know from the beginning that Vivek Oji has died. The absolutely gutting magic here is how Akwaeke Emezi slowly peels back layers to make this story— of one community in Nigeria in the late 1990s, of the unwitting complicity of family and friends— transcend expectations. Read this.