A review by jcnfia
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

5.0

Devastating, poetic, and wise. I can’t believe I almost put this down after getting frustrated with trying to keep up with all the characters and their family trees (the diagram at the start of the book really helps). I’m so glad I gave it a chance, because afterwards I couldn’t stop thinking about it. You get so attached to the characters that you dread meeting a new one in the next chapter, but then the cycle starts over and you find yourself falling in love again. This book was so beautiful and heartbreaking. Yaa Gyasi did an incredible job illustrating and chronicling the journey of black/African people and the slave trade.