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

emotional funny 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

2.5

I wish I could’ve given this book a higher rating. The descriptions of the food and the art and the sights and sounds were amazing. But everything else was just… meh. The MC drove me quite mad. And although there is depth to the connection between the main character and love interest, I couldn’t find myself rooting for them. If this was a dark romance then I would love the tropes but this just felt cringey at some parts.
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