A review by emmagandersen
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

adventurous dark informative reflective

3.75

I appreciated the insight in what it’s like to be black in the 1700s and 1800s in the triangular trade and what it’s like to grow up as African American. My friend also pointed out that the book gives a great view on how quickly we lose track of and forget our ancestors, even though their actions in a way shape our lives, which I thought was a great take as well. But for me to really enjoy a book, I need to feel more connected to the characters, which I feel like is hard to do when you only have 20 pages with each character. So I enjoyed the book, I just couldn’t really connect with it.