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You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
25 reviews
lettuce_read's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Grief
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Car accident
bekahbeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
BookRiot 2022 Read Harder Challenge #4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. I received this ARC from the publisher via Goodreads.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Cursing
caseythereader's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
- OMG, this book! I think YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY is going to be divisive, but count me firmly in the "loved in" camp.
- Trust in Emezi to write a painful, messy, literary romance novel, full of intense feelings and complicated relationship dynamics, all draped in decadence.
- My one quibble is that it veers real close to insta-love, but everything else about the book is spectacular: the setting, Feyi and Joy's friendship, the queerness, the connections sparking off the page.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
sydapel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol
skudiklier's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
I really enjoyed this book, and I feel like it balanced the feelings of grief and new love so well. I was a bit worried in the beginning I wouldn't be able to handle all of the stuff about her ex-husband's death, but I got through it okay. I think this book is beautiful and messy and I really want to believe in it, honestly. It made me feel so many things.
I'm not sure I'd recommend this to everyone; I feel like I'd want to give a caveat or two if I did. But who knows, maybe I'll think about it. The writing was beautiful of course and there was nothing wrong with it that isn't the case for almost any romance.
Thank you to Atria Books and Netgalley for the chance to read and review this ARC.
Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Incest