A review by callanisreading
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Gifty — a neuroscience PhD candidate studying reward-seeking behavior — searches for keys to happiness for her brother, who struggled with addiction, and her mother, who is bedridden with depression in the wake of her son’s death. As she reflects on the losses that have wracked her family, Gifty strives to reconcile the deep roots of her faith with the comforting surety of science. In this stunning, subtle meditation on faith, love, and loss, Gyasi pushes readers to question the world around us, searching for meaning.