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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

64 reviews

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

This book was incredible, and heartbreaking, and beautiful. I knew nothing about it going in, but I don't think anything could have prepared me. So much of what happens in it is so hard to read, but I'd recommend Homegoing to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Child death, Xenophobia, Violence, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Infertility, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Pregnancy, War, Vomit, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Genocide, Fatphobia, Cursing, and Animal death

hot_water's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Murder, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Torture, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Xenophobia, War, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Addiction, and Drug abuse

thewrongalice's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Domestic abuse, and Racism

grayscale08's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Racial slurs, and Slavery

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Gun violence, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Infidelity, Outing, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Vomit

charvermont's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Vomit

hwood1730's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Vomit

Minor: Suicide

eloiseisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, and Adult/minor relationship

libbyhb's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This was such a beautiful, perfectly-constructed story. I loved following along with the generations, especially with how Gyasi chose at which point in their life we caught up with each character. The sheer amount of research involved in writing Homegoing truly shone through, while never feeling like these stories represented some kind of monolithic story for the character's identity at that point in history. I especially loved the Marjorie chapter and how connected she was to her parents and grandmother and Ghana. The H chapter was also so interesting and horrifying, and made me want to read more about that era of prison labor and towns like Pratt City. I will definitely be thinking about this book for a long time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Slavery, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide

kmtd's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Physical abuse

watson_my_shelf's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

I had heard amazing things about Homegoing, but my only disappointment was that I didn't read it sooner! This is a truly beautiful book. Gyasi seamlessly transitions from one point of view to another, from one generation to another. The stories travel across multiple towns and continents. I did not think I'd enjoy the story lines switching between so many characters, but I loved it. I really enjoyed how you kept learning about a character and their life even after the story had shifted to one of their descendants. 

I highly recommend this book, even if you aren't a historical fiction fan. The writing is beautiful and I feel like I learned so much from this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Racism