2.79k reviews for:

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.86 AVERAGE

reggiepack's review

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

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Heart-rending story about love, grief, and the bottomless toll that this life extracts from some. Absolutely beautiful prose. A brief glimpse at a woman whose generational grief and loss nourish the spirits around her. Arese's descent into hell and her journey to rise again.

ashleybb's review

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional fast-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: Yes

josiebrownie's review

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haunting

passingwhimsies's review

5.0

dark inspiring reflective sad fast-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

amkennedy24's review

4.0

emotional inspiring reflective 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

meaganledford's review

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I’m not ready to rate this yet. I struggled through it and I love the mystical. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right space. I’m going to come back and try again at a later date because it was beautiful enough that I feel like I’ve missed it. Adding a couple of her other books to my TBR in the meantime.

emmather's review

4.5

emotional 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

melissatucker's review

5.0

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Wow! I LOVE Jesmyn Ward’s writing. Her beautiful words gutted me once again; Annis is a powerful protagonist!

nfrancisco's review

4.0

dark emotional 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: No

jnmph76's review

3.25

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated