A review by themis_biblos
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

 Split the Castle open
find me, find you. 

 "Her trick is to make him think that he is king of the bush, what does a king matter? Really, she is king and queen and everything in between."

 "He heard the word [forgiveness] most on the few days he went to the white man's church and so it had begun to seem to him like a word the white men brought with them when they first came to Africa. A trick their Christians had learned and spoke loudly and freely about to the people of the Gold Coast. Forgiveness, they shouted, all the while committing their wrongs." 

 "Evil begets evil. It grows. It transmutes, so that sometimes you cannot see that the evil in the world began as the evil in your home."
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