“The Death of Vivek Oji” by Akwaeke Emezi
Published by Riverhead Books
The last 50 pages were the best part of this book – very emotional.
It’s an LGBTQ+ book with focus on closeting
true identities and relationships due to lack of acceptance from family and the
Nigerian culture. Reading about LGBTQ+
relationships in general doesn’t bother me, but in this book one of the relationships
is between first cousins and that is just icky.
Forbidden love is one thing but to me, this is incest, making it hard
for me to enjoy it. You want love and happiness
for each of the characters, just not with each other.
Finished 3/23/25 – 2/5 stars
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Published by Riverhead Books
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