2.83k reviews for:

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.86 AVERAGE

casey_jpeg's review

2.0

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

susidus's review against another edition

5.0

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Ward proves again that she is a truly unique wtiter. This tour de force is a poetic, hypnotic descent into Inferno, a story that fuses realism and magic spirituality deeply and perfectly.


I received a copy of this book through a Goodreads giveaway.

bryteyes88's review against another edition

3.0

emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

letstalkreads's review

3.0

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Beautiful prose and passages, but I’m not a huge fan of magical realism.

aleascott7's review against another edition

3.0

emotional fast-paced

sylvia200146's review

3.5

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sammietaylor's review

3.25

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

krystahh's review

2.5

challenging dark slow-paced

kerickertful's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

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I’m bummed that with the amount of mispronounced words, it was the author narrating the book. 

rhettharmon's review

4.0

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I could not put it down. Read it all on a Saturday.