Review & The Weekend
Let Us Descend is a deep, mythical, emotional and unruly story with a cast of layered and diverse characters.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐?
I ended up going down the rabbit hole when I looked up the motivation and inspiration for Jesmyn Ward writing this story. Ward felt deeply about her past ancestors and wanted to tell more of the origin of slavery. As I read I could feel her passion poured into each of the characters she created along with all the heart in the storyline. I think this is why you can feel the savagery of it all as the story evolves.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ:
โจHistory
๐ณ๏ธโ๐Diverse Characters
๐ชMagical Realism
๐ฉ๐พMulti-generational
โจFound Family
๐ขGrief
โจStruggle
โจHope
โจReimagine American Slavery
๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ?
Slow burn. The writing style was lyrical and almost poetic with itโs meandering. At times it was hard to get into because of this, and the magical realism in the second half really had me losing focus, and not enjoying the story as much.
The Weekend
Web is home for Thanksgiving break and Iโm so happy!! Itโs been over a month since Iโve seen him, so you can imagine how excited I am to have him home for a week.
Saturdayโs college football day in our house so I made up some nachos for the Ohio State game.
I used a Nacho Recipe from Half Baked Harvest but switched out the ground meat for shredded rotisserie chicken.
They came out perfectly and Web wants me to make these same ones for next weekendโs games.
Instead of the jalapeรฑo cream sauce that was in the recipe, I used a different sauce. I used the Jalapeรฑo Ranch sauce we love so much.
