A review by dallas_shattuck
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

5.0

I’m not even really sure how to express my thoughts or give Homegoing the review it deserves.

This book was so emotional, powerful, heart-breaking, and eye-opening. I cried while reading so many of the chapters. While the events in the book are fiction, there are so many Black families who have experienced the traumatic, unjust events portrayed in this book. And thinking about that made me cry even harder.

I thought that telling the story through a family tree was really unique. And the ending tied everything together nicely and events came full-circle.

This book deserves all the stars!