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

hopeful reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Very strong first half and then unfortunately just falls off a cliff. Its full of the main characters reflections on and revelations about herself, but not done very subtly and that just makes for a relatively boring read. The meditations on grief felt very forced.
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