You Made a Fool of Death with your Beauty

Written By Omma Ahmed

You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

Reviewed by Omma
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I really enjoyed this book. It’s short, snappy and reads beautifully. It’s a story about grief, love, friendship and growth.

Feyi is trying to heal from life-altering loss and trying to find joy in the world again with the help of her friend, Joy. As you read, the author needles out details about the loss of her husband and the effect it’s had on Feyi.
Feyi’s numbness leads her to make some reckless decisions just in the hope of feeling something.

A serious relationship is the last thing on her mind until she meet Nasir. Sparks fly immediately between them and life starts looking up as she’s invited to showcase her art in an upcoming show which happens to be in a tropical island in Nasir’s hometown.

Nasir seems like the perfect guy, kind, patient, understanding and more than willing to take it slow. Feyi knows she’s got a good one and yet there’s still something holding her back from committing to the relationship.
Things quickly turn complicated once she meets Nasir’s Dad, a celebrity-chef albeit a reclusive one.

I read this book in a day and although it’s about love, I don’t necessarily think it’s a traditional love story or lighthearted. I look forward to reading more from Emezi.

Omma Ahmed

I’ve always loved reading as a kid because it was one of the few Asian-mum approved hobbies although she would have preferred ‘less novels and more school books’! I also grew up in the Harry Potter era so that’s when I really remember falling in love with reading. (Big up my Y7 English teacher for reading a few pages of Philosophers stone at the end of every lesson! You were a real one Mr Williams!) I love being part of this book page (even though I slack massively due to lack of energy and concentration!) because sometimes it felt like a lifeline to help keep me sane. We started it during the time I was feeling really shitty about my Crohn’s disease. It’s been a tough 7 years and the last 3 have probably been the hardest especially mentally so when Linda suggested putting this page together, without hesitation I was down and I’m so proud of us! Writing reviews helped me to organise my thoughts and even resulted in me creating a second Instagram page (@AnOstomateForLife) about my Crohn’s journey. Yes that was a shameless plug and I’m not sorry! Along with reviews, I’ve also loved the creative side of things such as having input in our logo, creating our bookmark and taking book pictures even though it’s awkward af in public! So a few of my fave books: The Godfather by Mario Puzo (made me love the film even more! I’m a self-proclaimed movie buff too btw), Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Healy, The Harry Potter series (obviously), Jemima J by Jane Green, Moonlight over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan, Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple and We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Adichie.

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