Reviews tagging Medical trauma

Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi

3 reviews

crimelessvictim's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical trauma, Rape, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Murder, Infidelity, Drug use, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Infertility, Grief, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Colonisation, and Confinement

mablayy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Excrement, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

thevietvegan's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book is about generational trauma and weaves Black history into its narrative so much that you feel like it's a true story. The people feel real, the family feels real, and the pain feels unbearably real. I couldn't put it down, even though it is a very sad book. Each chapter is about the bloodlines from one woman in Ghana, and each generation that came from her, and it's kind of incredible how quickly you fall in love with each generation and want to root for them throughout all the mistakes they make. 5/5, highly recommend. It puts in perspective so much of the Black history and anti-racism works I've been consuming all year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Slavery, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Child death

Minor: Infidelity