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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
4.0
I loved Gyasi's writing style. It was beautiful and she did such an amazing job of capturing emotion and ideas. It's one of those books that's just infinitely quotable because the language is gorgeous and powerful.
I struggled with the short chapters and how little time we spent with each character. We follow two two sisters and their descendants, each getting a single chapter. The chapters were about 25 pages a piece and that's just not a lot of time to get to know a person and their life. I wish we'd had more time with them because I really wanted to sit with each new character and get to know them and their life. I felt like as soon as I was really getting into each chapter, it would end and that was it for the character. I really wish it had been longer.
It also at times felt kind of purposeless. The first chapter was fantastic and the last two were so powerful, but in between I wanted a little bit more. It was so well done, but it felt like it was missing that final piece to tie it all together. Gyasi showed how much she could do with the final chapters and I wanted more of the book to showcase that. It may simply have been a time issue.
But I devoured this. Start to finish I was obsessed and I never wanted to put it down. It deserves all the praise it gets and I'm so looking forward to reading more from Gyasi.
I struggled with the short chapters and how little time we spent with each character. We follow two two sisters and their descendants, each getting a single chapter. The chapters were about 25 pages a piece and that's just not a lot of time to get to know a person and their life. I wish we'd had more time with them because I really wanted to sit with each new character and get to know them and their life. I felt like as soon as I was really getting into each chapter, it would end and that was it for the character. I really wish it had been longer.
It also at times felt kind of purposeless. The first chapter was fantastic and the last two were so powerful, but in between I wanted a little bit more. It was so well done, but it felt like it was missing that final piece to tie it all together. Gyasi showed how much she could do with the final chapters and I wanted more of the book to showcase that. It may simply have been a time issue.
But I devoured this. Start to finish I was obsessed and I never wanted to put it down. It deserves all the praise it gets and I'm so looking forward to reading more from Gyasi.