Reviews

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

annakarin's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

moongirljesse's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book was so beautiful and heartbreaking, it left me in tears multiple times and I absolutely adored it. I loved Homegoing and this book was just as beautiful, but in a different way. I will be recommending to everyone I know.

courtz531's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

I am glad I gave this book a try.  I tried to read Gyasi's Homegoing and didn't care for it at all.  This book was easy to follow and interesting.  I like the way she tells this story of an immigrant family in the south.

vickyamcr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

4.0

sunnie9999's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

delaneyquick's review against another edition

5.0

Holy shit this was so good. I’ve been heart broken all week reading this and yet I’m still sad it’s over. I’m a Yaa Gyesi stan!!!!

tomleetang's review against another edition

3.0

Yaa Gyasi is such a skilled storyteller, in that her writing always feels natural and effortless - even though I'm sure she painstakingly works at it. But this just didn't fully engage me. Partly I felt it was unfocused and partly I had such high expectations after Homecoming.

jgold's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

umbranrealness's review against another edition

3.0

Enjoyed this book and the themes of addiction, religion and family that it explored. For me, I would've preferred there to be more to the plot. It was very circular and inward-looking which was probably purposeful as it does link into those themes, especially addiction, strongly. It just meant that sometimes it felt like I was reading the same thing over and over again without any forward movement. Beautiful descriptions of and insights into the mother/daughter relationship here though.

zeef33's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0