I do wish I heard more from Vivek so I could learn his truth. The book has Vivek and his cousin Osita using the first person POV with well placed interspersed chapters that employ an omniscient POV.
Kavita wanted to unleash the secrets and dispel the gossip surrounding Vivek so she could learn the truth about his death. They had a very close-knit community so gossip could run rampant just as much as secrets could be kept closeted. Most of the characters in the book were Nigerwives (a non-Indian woman married to an Indian man) or the Nigerwive’s children. She begins to question, and question again, his friends and acquaintances to try and understand. Kavita, Vivek’s mother, is on a mission as to the how and why her son died. The title and the cover enticed me to request an ARC, so I got a win-win when the inside was as beautiful as the outside.Īfter the death of their son, Vivek’s parents begin to unspool his life, and in the process, learn how little they know him. This story starts with the ending and then reworks itself through many different time periods of his life. The Death of Vivek Ojiby Akwaeke Emezi will definitely be on my Best of 2020 Book List.
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