A review by dmahaffey
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

The frontmatter review excerpts all compare this to Beloved and As I Lay Dying, and though I loved Salvage the Bones those blurbs made me just slightly skeptical. And maybe this book does not quite sustain the heights that those names imply, but it's so good that it doesn't matter.