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No Home

Yaa Gyasi

4.57 AVERAGE

lsktrn's review against another edition

5.0

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Masterpiece

nidtig's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

beccatodd18's review against another edition

4.25

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

millie_dee24's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

notkamari's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

morgan_king88's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

steponme_yam's review against another edition

3.25

dark informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Excrement

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation

ella_gus's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Colonisation

Minor: Rape, Police brutality

pierceonearth's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sarah11157's review against another edition

4.0

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Too much telling, not enough showing. Prose was flat, overly simple, and repetitive. While I see why others liked it, and some sections were enjoyable and captivating, I think the mediocre writing quality prevented this book from fulfilling the goals of its author