A review by jazhandz
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.

DNF at 27%. The writing is really lovely, but I found the story to be too slow and dull for me. I’m also very sensitive to medical experimentation, which I didn’t realize was going to be such a huge part of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Racial slurs, and Abandonment

The main character’s neuroscience research is based on experimenting on mice, and this is described in some detail.