You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
This was my first read of 2023. Messy, messy, messy!! But the story keeps your hooked. My immediate first impression was, “Whoa, I was not expecting that!” And I do mean immediate, because the first page….yikes. I think the whole book was different from what I was expecting. But it’s also one that I picked up after a recommendation from a bookseller, not doing my own research or anything like that. I’m glad I finally read it. A random note is that I found the whole part about Feyi seeing her therapist a bit…oddly placed? Like I didn’t see the purpose and it seemed to not really matter to the story or something (other than maybe just to promote mental health and wellness?) I didn’t enjoy Emezi’s YA book Pet, but now I’m curious about the author’s other novels. Have you read it? Let me know what you think in the commen