You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty - Akwaeke Emezi - Book Review 

Couldn't make it past 20 pages with this one 😭

Must read more Emezi books. I've never heard one of their books described that didn't make me want to read it.

Really looking forward to this one.

If you're told a book is "romance," would you say you judge a book with a different standard in mind? Like, would you be more apt to go into it skeptically and perhaps get blown away when it's better than expected, or do you approach all books as having the potential to impress you?

This one’s definitely not for me. I enjoyed Freshwater but not Death of Vivek Oji. Still plan to try Dear Senthuran. Regarding whether a book can be both romance and literary in terms of genres, I heartily agree.

This actually sounds so good 😁 I am Joy as a friend 🤣

Great review. I'm normally not interested in 'romance' books but this feels like a more realistic take on whatever 'romance' might actually be.

I just finished over the weekend and I loved it! I think Feyi's treatment of Nassir is on par with how she felt about him. She liked him, enjoyed his company, appreciated him and found him attractive...so they kissed. She took an opportunity that he offered "as a friend", as he continuously would say, so that she could advance her career, which was his intention as well. I think he felt entitled to her because of his generousity and expected her love and affection in return. Some women may be like that, but Feyi knew what real love was and she knew it wouldn't come from gifts and favors. Her and Alim shared the rare experience of finding soulmate kind of love AND losing it through death. Thats tough to compete with!! Nassir's angry feelings were so human and not at all out of place, but his physical reaction was uncalled for. No promises were broken, only feelings were hurt. But I ultimately think her and Alim made the decision that was good for them instead of missing another opportunity at love just because Nassir didn't approve. He is grown, he will get over it and hopefully find someone that he loves and connects with deeply in the sequel (wishful thinking? 😆)

Your review makes me really look forward to reading it!

Huh interesting intersections! I hadn’t heard it was romance. I was just like, oh a new Emezi? I’ll take it. I’m psyched for this to come into the library.

Now this sounds like a ‘romance’ that I can get on board with! Great review as always!

I'm so looking forward to this, your enthusiasm is infectious about the messy wonderfulness.

I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed this book! I've got no interest whatsoever in reading it lol but I'm glad they've managed to transcend genre

Great review! I just read this and loved it. I loved the messiness and the way it makes you empathesize even if you can't condone the actions at times. My one complain was that emezi didn't seem content to remain in the mess and their attempt to tidy it up at the end felt less real. I just find it hard to believe that there is any getting past this for the dad and son, and it seemed like that was a consequence emezi was willing to give us but then they didn't stick with it in the end, at least not enough for my taste. Still phenomenal book.

Hmm. Gonna need to try this, thanks for the great review. It does indeed sounds a bit different from simply romance

Emezi doesn't disappoint. I look forward to reading this!

I am now all the more keen to read this one. Yay bisexual representation!