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

dark emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is absolutely heartbreaking even though you know the whole time how it will end it feels like a sucker punch. I think this is also a really important story to deal with the ways that gender is cultural, and how that doesn’t mean  gender queerness doesn’t exist in cultures that haven’t named it as such.