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

5.0

I've never read a book quite like this, where it circles the titular character, examining them from all sides but without ever truly diving into their psyche. It's a little puzzle box of a book, teasing out a character while piecing together the circumstances of their death.

That said, I died a little thinking about how the 1990s is now the set of a "period piece" book, Lord help me.