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So gehn wir denn hinab

Jesmyn Ward

3.86 AVERAGE

pandabrennan's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

karlaruanoj's review against another edition

5.0

Yes this book is a solid 5 stars for me, and I don’t give that amount easy if you follow my reviews you notice this already. This book publication day is 25 of October of 2023. Big shout out to NetGalley and Bloomsbury publishing for the access to this beautiful ARC. This book follow the story of Annis she is the daughter of a woman raped by a slave owner. This book is replete of brutality of the environment, very harsh life stories, got a bit of magic realism what I adore and is a BIG brilliant example of beautiful storytelling. Literally is written so beautiful that you can find some poetry in it, some of the verses are so lírica and beautiful. This is my first contact with the autor and what a beautiful contact was. The beauty on the book prose put it in a new level. Honestly it climb to one of my favourite books of 2023. Being a historical fiction is right in one of my favourite genres and I left this book in love with the work of the author.

sweet_tea_and_arsenic's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense

parker_evtt's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Beautifully written and captivating, I couldn't put it down. Immediately, I found myself drawn into the story. A perfectly crafted book.

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hthrfeather's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

mh_baird's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional inspiring tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

katmbryan's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

kaknudsen's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Jesmyn Ward can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned. She is right alongside Toni Morrison when it comes to Black authors who articulate Black history with exquisite poetry and pain. I loved Ward's framing for this book--a sort of Dante's inferno set in the American south circa early 1800s. I also love the merging of historical fact and magical realism--another reminder of Morrison.

crystalkretzer's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

shellybomelly's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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