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A review by eleanormaddy
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
a true 5 ✨
Everyone should read this book! It’s such a rollercoaster, sadness, anger, joy!
Feels like the same effort has been put into each character and each is so well built.
The passing through time is done effortlessly, each chapter felt planned and clear, what messages she wanted for each one but without losing the magic of the story!
My heart ached with the characters and the family. At the end of each chapter I wanted to know what happened next in that lineage and vice versa.
Gyasi doesn’t shy away from the hard truths and it just hits home how important this history is.
A real 5✨ for me because everything about this story is so good, if nothing else the plot itself is brilliant. The messages and lessons to be learned from this book stuck with me for days. Every chapter made me want to learn about that piece of history, geography and politics. Some of the quotes will stick with me! This book feels so important.
Favourite story was Kojo, he was so well written and I felt like I was part of the family and my heart broke for them.
Favourite quotes;
“Weakness is treating someone as though they belong to you. Strength is knowing that everyone belongs to themselves.”
“This is the problem of history. We cannot know that which we were not there to see and hear and experience for ourselves. We must rely upon the words of others […] We believe the one who has the power. He is the one who gets to write the story.”
Everyone should read this book! It’s such a rollercoaster, sadness, anger, joy!
Feels like the same effort has been put into each character and each is so well built.
The passing through time is done effortlessly, each chapter felt planned and clear, what messages she wanted for each one but without losing the magic of the story!
My heart ached with the characters and the family. At the end of each chapter I wanted to know what happened next in that lineage and vice versa.
Gyasi doesn’t shy away from the hard truths and it just hits home how important this history is.
A real 5✨ for me because everything about this story is so good, if nothing else the plot itself is brilliant. The messages and lessons to be learned from this book stuck with me for days. Every chapter made me want to learn about that piece of history, geography and politics. Some of the quotes will stick with me! This book feels so important.
Favourite story was Kojo, he was so well written and I felt like I was part of the family and my heart broke for them.
Favourite quotes;
“Weakness is treating someone as though they belong to you. Strength is knowing that everyone belongs to themselves.”
“This is the problem of history. We cannot know that which we were not there to see and hear and experience for ourselves. We must rely upon the words of others […] We believe the one who has the power. He is the one who gets to write the story.”