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Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

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Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.86 AVERAGE

sophiastuart's review

3.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Yes

ldpete's review

4.0
dark emotional sad fast-paced

lchrystal's review

3.0
challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jeremymorrison's review

4.0
Annis is the daughter of her sire and her mother, a house slave. Overhearing the tutor teach her white sisters about Dante’s Inferno helps give meaning to her own journey to adulthood.

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Annis is the daughter of her sire and her mother, a house slave. Overhearing the tutor teach her white sisters about Dante’s Inferno helps give meaning to her own journey to adulthood.

wanderingbean's review

5.0
Ward's just a brilliant writer, and Let Us Descend is more evidence to that. The writing in this book is incredibly beautiful. Some of the lines hit you with their beauty. It's not an easy read, and the story is heartbreaking and unflinching in its portrayal of slavery. It's one of my favorite books so far this year, and I cannot wait for others to read it.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of this book.
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mcolleran7's review

4.0
challenging emotional reflective 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: No

rh13's review

3.75
emotional hopeful informative 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
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mandagonzalez's review

3.5
dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
A heavy book with a powerful and important message. I think I’m not the biggest fan of the specific writing style the author uses. It’s hard to follow.
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sundaydutro's review

4.0
adventurous dark informative reflective slow-paced
A medium-paced, dark, and emotional historical literary fiction book about a young girl growing up as a slave and how her life is inter-mixed with the lives of the women who came before her. Full of magical realism, it’s an intense but beautiful read.
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maggie_the_ferocious_reader's review against another edition

emotional mysterious
Diverse cast of characters: Yes