brittany_jean 's review for:

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Wow. What an incredible book. Each generation read like it’s own short story, yet it all flowed in such a logical way. A beautiful, haunting book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Drug use