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Let Us Descend
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bookshelves: arc, from-publisher-author, authors-of-color, owned, non-ya, literary-fiction, historical, lgbt-plus, unpopular-opinion, reviewed, eh
Nov 06, 2023
bookshelves: arc, from-publisher-author, authors-of-color, owned, non-ya, literary-fiction, historical, lgbt-plus, unpopular-opinion, reviewed, eh
had me at "a haunting masterpiece, sure to be an instant classic"!
and it is haunting, in a lot of ways! well written, draws from the inferno and spiritual sources, filled with the kind of english class-esque lengthy descriptions you can draw a bajillion themes or motif sor symbols out of.
so in that way, yes, haunting. what is not haunting, or particularly memorable, or effective: this as a novel. our narrative and our characters leave Something To Be Desired, namely believability or entertainment value or the kind of feeling of being drawn in as a reader.
but 1 out of 2 ain't bad.
bottom line: not the best jesmyn ward book, but still a jesmyn ward book.
and it is haunting, in a lot of ways! well written, draws from the inferno and spiritual sources, filled with the kind of english class-esque lengthy descriptions you can draw a bajillion themes or motif sor symbols out of.
so in that way, yes, haunting. what is not haunting, or particularly memorable, or effective: this as a novel. our narrative and our characters leave Something To Be Desired, namely believability or entertainment value or the kind of feeling of being drawn in as a reader.
but 1 out of 2 ain't bad.
bottom line: not the best jesmyn ward book, but still a jesmyn ward book.
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rated it 3 stars
Mar 09, 2024 01:14PM
Exactly how I felt. My first book I have read of hers. It was good but maybe just too much flowering language for a difficult topic. Not good enough for me to give it a 4. I will try and read one more of her books
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