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

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

3.5-4 Stars!

It held my attention throughout 75% of the book but towards the end, it got kinda blah. With all the hype surrounding the book, I guess I expected a good jaw-dropping ending and it was just meh to me. I enjoyed mostly everything else in the book and the main jaw drop/WTH moment was  Feyi
dating/having sex with/getting with Nasir's father and Nasir's reaction to the situation! Which the book hinted toward immediately when they got there. As I was just waiting for another big moment, I start making up scenarios where Nasir or his father were somehow related to the cause of Jonah's death, but no lol too far.


I liked the relationship between Joy and Feyi where Joy just seemed to say whatever was on her mind and encourage her messy actions lol.
To make it even messier they slept together too like what!?!
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