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

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I’m not what anyone thinks I am. I never was. I didn’t have the mouth to put it into words, to change the things I felt I needed to change. And every day it was difficult, walking around and knowing that people saw me one way, knowing that they were wrong, so completely wrong, that the real me was invisible to them. It didn’t even exist to them.
So: If nobody sees you, are you still there?



content and trigger warnings: incest, death of a trans person, gore, transphobia, homophobia, abuse, depression, on page character death, grief.

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