2.83k reviews for:

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.86 AVERAGE

judyward's review

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

emak2323's review

3.0

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There was some beautiful writing, but it felt a bit disjointed and more like a poem than a book to me. It probably didn’t help that it was a very painful book. She did a good job conveying the pain and suffering, because you could feel that through out.

My favorite element of the book was her references to foraging. It’s an important piece of history that many of the novels I’ve read around the topic of slavery leave unmentioned .

alexareadsbookssometimes's review

3.75

adventurous emotional reflective 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

lj09's review

3.75

medium-paced

bmk215's review

3.0

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I rarely connect with magical realism in books and unfortunately here it blocked my enjoyment of the story. I had a hard time getting through the book as I found the second half sluggish and repetitive.
Jesmyn Ward is a word genius and I will read other books written by her.

thedanversrose's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

akeesa's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

hollytastic's review

2.0

challenging dark sad tense 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: No

mrsgreenreads's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional inspiring 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

vanessacorwin's review

3.75

emotional sad tense 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