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  • You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

  • By: Akwaeke Emezi
  • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
  • Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (163 ratings)
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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

By: Akwaeke Emezi
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
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Summary

Have you fallen for this international best-selling novelist's sizzling hot entrance into the world of romance?

It's the opportunity of a lifetime:

Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape the City’s blistering heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets, and elaborate meals. And as the sun goes down on her old life our heroine also might just be ready to open her heart to someone new....

The only problem is, she's falling for the one man she absolutely can’t have.

©2022 Akwaeke Emezi (P)2022 Faber Audio
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  • Categories: Romance

Critic reviews

"Emezi is a dream of a writer. My heart soared and shook and panted." (Bolu Babalola)

"A must read for all romance lovers." (@between2books_)

"A scorching tale of love after loss." (Kirkus Reviews)

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Couldn't get past the profanities

The trouble with finishing a book you loved is finding a good follow up and this just wasn't it. So disappointed as I found the story intriguing (a young woman struggling through grief makes a fresh start in life) but I found the language so tacky and unnecessarily obscene I no longer cared for the characters. It's a shame the author felt she had to resort to so much foul language. It cheapened the story and made me abandon ship. Thank goodness for Audible's return policy!

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Abandoned

I have to say I totally disagree with the positive review I’ve just read. I knew this was a romantic storyline with a twist and think I chose it because the narrator sounded good in the sample extract and the NY Times had reviewed it favourably but I’m about to stop bothering listening I find it so tiresome. I don’t find the prose particularly beguiling and the constant “fucking” (her terminology) going on is a bore after a while as are all those totally unbelievable hot thirty somethings prancing around in their sequins and heels. There is an interesting angle of course on how someone deals with grief and PTSD and maybe the novel darkens later on but so far I find the treatment pretty facile. So she gets to have some steamy sex in a bathroom at party for the first time in five years after the death of her husband (this isn’t a spoiler it happens in the first few pages). Where’s the interrogation of that really? We hear the unlikely titillating details but that’s not surely all that is going on. Oh well. I’m reading the wrong book for me clearly! Hope others enjoy it more.

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Addictive, entertaining, compelling listen

Am only half-way through but so enthusiastic about this listen I had to share…

I like well crafted literary writing and this is well written but in a different way from what I normally dip into. This is all about some utterly sassy, convincing, lead protagonists. It’s dominated by dazzling good dialogue: vibrant, authentic which weaves around the storytelling.

It’s all about relationships, two fabulous friends whose interactions are believable, touching, and make you laugh out loud at times. It’s about discovery of love, which avenue will she ultimately reside in I’ve as yet to see, but I’m drinking every word in. It moves so naturally you could easily miss the craft and skill of the author, but on the other hand that’s why it works so well,

Highly recommend.
Will seek out other work by Emezi straight after…

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Heartbreaking and Exhilarating

I loved this book so much. It made me smile, laugh, it annoyed me and also made me cry.

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Just wow!

The story is great, I love the complexity of the main character. The way this book (spoiler alert) deals with grief is so unexpected and literally cracked me wide open in a way that was incredibly healing. This book is a gift to anyone that has had a challenging time with grief, I felt seen and it gave me insight into my own process with how I dealt with the loss of loved ones.

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Outstanding writing

There was not a single chapter where my breath was not catching in my throat. A beautiful story of love, friendship, tragedy and hope. Mostly hope. I almost wish I could go back and re-read it for the first time not knowing what will happen.

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OMG!!!! THIS IS OUTSTANDING

The best book I’ve read this whole year! OMG! I’m so reading it again!!! I’m obsessed 🤩

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A Must Read

I was introduced to this book and did not regret it. it provoked much discussion about morals, sexuality, expectations...It kept you reading throughout and the narration was good too. This is a sticky, spicy story. If you like messy relationships you will love this. Not your typical rom com.

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Complex relationships

Lust, life, death, grief and relationships…complicated and will captured in this story. Your emotions go up and down, and it’s difficult to predict what’s next. Life can be deep and complex…listen.

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this book has all the feels

I love the versatility of the narrator. great job! this book is so well written. and whilst I wasn't a fan of feyi I must say I fell in love with other characters.

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