Homegoing in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Jul 20, 2016 Jessica rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I love writing that makes me feel like the characters are people I know. I dreamt about Yaw as though he were a regular patron at library. And I can picture Willie taking her grand kids to the library for homework help.

I learned a great deal about the history slave trading and my heart weeps for those who endured.

I love to read first novels and this is a writer I look forward to reading more.

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Aug 12, 2018 Kate McCartney rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-fiction, historical-fiction, amazing-women, audiobook, set-globably, 2018

Loved this, what an incredible, heartbreaking book. There was so much here I didn’t know. Only because I want to know all the stories there were so many stories I want to hear more of all of and dislike that those stories are unfinished. Mostly, it is the stories of Esi and her descendants, but doesn’t that complete the story that Gyasi is telling. For those brought from Africa as slaves their stories and their children’s stories are never really ever known. The stories are lost, histories incom ...more

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Feb 06, 2021 Sandhya rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: readfora2bookclub, readforreadharder2021

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. p37 You can learn anything when you have to learn it. You could learn to fly if it meant you would live another day. p38 Weakness is treating someone as though they belong to you. Strength is knowing that everyone belongs to themselves. p93 a story was nothing more than a lie you got away with.p99 I will be my own nation p120 fighting in her sleep against an opponent she couldn't name come morning because in the light that opponent just looked like the world around her p122 He wasn't old enough ...more

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Apr 05, 2019 aimee rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

What an amazing first book! This story, for me, is what should appear when you type/ search for "intergenerational trauma", as it perfectly demonstrates the concept. Is it just me or does it also illustrate what a shit deal women universally have gotten? That really stood out to me as well.

Some of the stories I desperately wanted to continue, some I was glad to see end of just to be relieved of connecting with that pain.

I look forward to reading more of what Yaa Gyasi writes. ...more

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Jan 08, 2018 Alvin rated it liked it · review of another edition

It's hard to believe that this book is only 300 pages. This multigenerational, multifamily story feels at least twice that length in richness. I have to admit it was a bit slow in the beginning and I almost DNFed it. I'm relieved I didn't because it was worth it. ...more

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Mar 21, 2016 Noam rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: anglo-america, africa

A beautifully braided tale. I love the way it was structured, each piece good enough to stand on its own as a short story, fitting together to create something unique and edifying.

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