Homegoing

The first few chapters of “Homegoing” were really interesting and entertained in a way that drew me into the book.

And, then followed chapter after chapter of two half-sisters' descendants, many of whom made such brief appearances that I could not remember them or became interesting a few pages into a chapter only to disappear. I wonder if the author wrote various disparate short stories and decided to connect them into a multi-generational, multi-continent novel? That is certainly the feel of the book.

Ms. Gyasi is a talented writer and I'd be interested to see what she could do with a book that focuses on more-fully fleshing our a few major characters, which I think she could do quite well.