Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

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

384 reviews

yasmine_21's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Very easy read the plot is easy to follow 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

smartcookiesca's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Violence

ella8ella's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

I’m conflicted; some of the prose is beautifully written, but I found the

relationship with Alim

both unrealistic and really annoying, with a nihilistic edge. I do think the grief aspect was well-handled. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Child death

kristenreads's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Biphobia

passionatereader78's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

acorn192k's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Infidelity, and Car accident

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

peggy_racham's review

5.0

Truely no words are there to describe this book. Hooked from first page to the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jupitercaii's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I tried reading this book a while ago but had to DNF because it was kind of triggering. However, I think that's mostly because the book was so real (for lack of better words). The messiness of grief as a concept and, especially, how it impacts relationships was very well done. It felt very honest and raw.

The portrayal of the characters dealing with grief was messy but in a good way. It made the characters feel realistic, easy to love, and connect to. Each character was well developed with their own personalities, development, and conflicts. None of the progress felt rushed and managed to make everything feel realistic.

The book balanced the romance and healing process very well. I don't think one ever overpowered the other, but rather that they built off of each other.

One the downside, there were certain parts that I felt dragged. I listened to the audiobook and found myself having to rewind a few times because it wasn't always super engaging. That being said, these parts were very rare (maybe 2 or 3 sections?).

Overall, a book I would still recommend with the caveat of reading trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

withlivjones's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

A gorgeous, steamy, messy, emotional read about love and grief. I loved Feyi’s character, how she’s so straightforward and to the point with everyone she talks to and how she uses her grief to power her art, and I really felt for her with everything that happens/has happened to her in the story. I do wish we got to see more of Joy and had her character be a little more fleshed out, but I understand that’s hard to do when she’s on Facetime for most of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

jillaay_h's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Gaslighting