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Vända hem by Yaa Gyasi

14 reviews

galexy_brain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Excrement, Trafficking, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Racial slurs, Suicide, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mettenikkessen's review against another edition

emotional 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

The storytelling in this book was beautiful! This book was sometimes heartbreaking as well as emotional and powerful. I loved all the family relations and connections throughout the book. I sometimes wished I could read more about certain characters, instead of moving on to the next story. It deals with many important historical themes surrounding slavery and racism. Even though this book is fiction, it felt very real to me and informative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Colonisation

sweekune's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I went into this book blind, based on a friend's recommendation and the vague description of "It's about two black sisters and their descendents. It's sooo good." I'm not sure "good" is the right word for the raw, serrated emotions this book brought from me. I cried with almost every chapter and have come away forever changed by this book.

- Each chapter has a different point of view, starting with the original sisters and flowing down the generations to modern day. You feel the weight of the ancestor's experience influencing the lives of the descendents. Despite the short time spent with each protagonist, the author's writing draws you in and you feel in your heart for each and every one of them.

- This book documents extremely well the challenges of black people from the slave trade, colonialism, segregation, gaining independence, workers' rights, drug addiction and so much more. This is the sort of book that should be studied in schools and used to spark discussions on history and the awful things white people did (and still do) to black people and forge a better future.

- The language used is beautiful and Gyasi's prose paints all these places and points in time so it's like you're there. The ending of one chapter almost made me vomit the imagery was so strong. It takes amazing skill to write something that produces such a visceral reaction and I am in awe of her talent.

Absolutely and irrevocably scarring in the best way. I will carry Homegoing with me for a long time and I felt it within me. Everyone should read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

grayscale08's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing