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

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Though this wasn’t my favorite Emezi work (Freshwater!!), I appreciate when an author writes in multiple genres! A contemporary romance novel is so different, but it still has that edgy Emezi darkness. Regardless of genre, their work likes to push up against taboos. The characters in this story are VERY messy lol. I like the theme of how real life is necessarily messy, but as the characters moved through the mess, there was so much talking. It was a very dialogue-heavy text, which often ran around in circles. Again, it’s very real, but I felt like I wanted the plot to be moving forward more briskly. As usual, Bahni Turpin narration slays.
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