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Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

smallstacks's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

4.25

3wrightturns's review against another edition

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5.0

I would give this book 6 stars if I could!

afaison's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

evabails's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5 stars. Beautifully written with some very heavy and personal topics. I unfortunately found this to have a slow plot, mostly due to how much of the book was about the protagonists journey with faith and religion, which I am uninterested it.

lalavi's review against another edition

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3.0

Emotional and poignant. I found some of her experiences as an immigrant completely relatable but where this book lost me is the religious aspect of it. Not that a book isn't good if it's not relatable but the constant back and forth between believing, doubting, hating, accepting Christianity made it harder to keep on reading. I think someone who has experienced losing faith after a tragedy (or for some other reason) would love this book.

eveysreads's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

4.25

katarinamh's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-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? N/A

3.75

melnao1's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

This book was excellent! Gifty’s letters to god exposing her day to day grappling with her faith reminded me a lot of my childhood thoughts and questions. The tragic toll addiction and mental illness take on her family was hard to read about. The child’s perspective slowly unraveling keeps you reading every word. I appreciated that it mixed the stories in with Gifty’s current reality. This was a really special book. 

icarlyred's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.25

zerenreads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense 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? Yes

5.0