manikahemmerixh 's review for:

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

3.0

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For a short and fairly light hearted book, this story tackles a lot. At its heart it’s a serious story about the choices we make, why we make them, and how we navigate life after loss. How we live. The writing is a bit elementary and much of the story is quite surface level. There are beautiful descriptions of scenery and character, but it lacks nuance to make a truly deep and moving story. It’s good for what it is though.