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Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

22 reviews

hrushton01's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I was so scared that Gifty’s mom would die at the end but relieved in the final chapter omg.

It was an amazing read and definitely an emotional rollercoaster. Highly recommend to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Blood, and Alcohol

macintasha's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Racism

Moderate: Vomit and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racial slurs and Alcohol

vanesst's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Alcohol

chsm8's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Death, Racism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

violerwolf's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Realistic fiction, especially as slow paced as the “plot” is in this book, isn’t typically my cup of tea. But Gyasi, through masterful prose and a constantly shifting timeline of events, makes this such an engaging story about addiction, depression, family, and religion. The way she interweaves themes through various points of the main character’s life and places them throughout the narrative is beautifully done. My one critique is that the main character’s internal reflection can be a bit heavy handed at times, but don’t let that stop you from checking this book out.

I picked up this book because Homegoing had such a long waitlist at my library, and I’m so glad I did. I can’t wait to read Gyasi’s other works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

mollz12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was a little tough to pick up. At the time I had a sibling with substance abuse going on and this story touches on it. 
I read this piece of work before homecoming and ended up liking homecoming better but you can’t compare them. 
This one touches on family dynamics and how to keep your peace. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Alcohol

mxpringle's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book talked about really hard topics, but it was beautiful enough to where that was completely okay and warranted. It had such a unique reflection on both the value and harms of religion to a person's life that I found so inspiring. All of the hard topics that were brought up were like experiencing them the way real people experience them, not merely for a plot point, but intentionally crafting those as background to a person's character. This is the best book I have read in a long time. It was so stunningly beautiful that I'm honestly left a little bit unmoored after finishing it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Classism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

flashandoutbreak's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

abrdoodle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Alcohol