2.82k reviews for:

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.86 AVERAGE

b_hazel's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

joerhamilton's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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

taylorbensley's review

4.25

challenging dark emotional sad

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Very beautifully written and a very heart wrenching story. It did kind of lose me in some parts but I found the ending much easier to follow and also tied the book up nicely. 

ogollovesbooks's review

4.25

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-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

talkativetaylor11's review

4.5

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

cpknotts's review

2.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

are_see_em's review against another edition

3.0

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Great start, but devolved and lost its way.

ruinedbyreading's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mfliter23's review

3.0

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3.5 ⭐️ this book is beautifully written. Knowing that this is a book about slavery, I knew it was going to be a brutal read. I’m just not sure I fully understood the conclusion. The flip between “real life” and the spirits was hard to follow and I don’t feel like I got to know Arese as much as I’d hope to. I am probably not the right audience for this one.

clbhanson's review

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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