Let Us Descend

Just not my cup of tea. 

This is a beautifully written book that I enjoyed every moment of. It is a gut wrenching in depth story of American slavery and I have read nothing that compares to the way this was written. It was immersive writing that at times was intensely poetic and truly detailed the experience. Would absolutely recommend!!

Didn't really work for me. Writing was beautiful, but first person perspective was claustrophobic. Continuous dialog between Annis and Aza was repetitive and just didn't engage me. Story was slow. [b:The Prophets 52576333 The Prophets Robert Jones Jr. https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1584823829l/52576333.SY75.jpg 76317525] and [b:Night Wherever We Go 61054121 Night Wherever We Go Tracey Rose Peyton https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1658243344l/61054121.SY75.jpg 96220119] were much more compelling stories covering the same terrain (minus the magical realism).

DNF at 50%, so I'm marking it read. I loved this book at the beginning, but after the spirit came into the story not as much. I kept trying to read it, but the spirit stuff interrupts the whole story and feels forced. So I called it quits. Jesmyn Ward's writing style is beautiful though, so I'm going to try her other books.