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

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I understand this book is more about grief than romance, and I understand grief is complicated, messy, and can make you act in very erratic ways. For me, however, I didn’t see enough of the grief explored. The only emotions I really felt when reading this story was annoyance and anger at Feyi and Alim’s choices. Maybe if the story was in 1st person, we would be able to see more of Feyi’s thinking more clearly or connect more to how painful the loss of Jonah was to her. I also just prefer 1st person POV for character-driven stories. 

Anyway. The writing of the story is beautiful. While I didn’t “like” the plot, I did enjoy Emezi’s way with words. I am curious about their other works and will put them on my tbr. 

3⭐️