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A review by sasuke
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
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 experience of reading this book is hard to describe, a beautifully written story, harsh and gentle at once, and one that is hard to extract yourself from once you’ve entered from the very beginning and beyond the end. The tension is coiled very tightly and tightens; tension between characters, between times and history, in the physical world and it’s natural and supernatural elements this story occupies.
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Slavery, Death of parent, and Murder