A review by mya_jt
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

This really was “intelligent, beautiful, and healing”. The writing was beautiful, the arc of the story was so smart, and I think there was a lot of thought and research put into each story. There were a lot of characters, so I appreciate that each character was unique and thoroughly fleshed out. It is graphic and gross at times, but  balanced. I really saw the “healing” part of it at the very end and I thought the ending was perfect. Piece of advice: refer to the family tree at the beginning of the book. I didn't notice it at first, but the characters are difficult to keep track of without it.
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