Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

114 reviews

manishasahota's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Outing

Minor: Abortion and Cancer

holliejoy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Stalking, Excrement, Addiction, Body horror, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicide, and Terminal illness

garrusvakarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Vomit

honey_pie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was a hard read. I kept thinking "surely it can't get worse" and somehow I was always proven wrong. that being said, it was also beautifully written and amazing despite being heartbreaking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Car accident, Medical content, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Torture, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Dementia and Cancer

Read this book with a lot of caution and make sure you know the content warnings before going into it

bookbimbo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Physical abuse, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cancer, Sexual assault, Death, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

antidietleah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Grief, Self harm, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Ableism, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer

merithefish's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Amazing writing, terrible book idea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Body horror, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Blood, Grief, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

officialdani's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Hanya Yanagihara is a fantastic writer. However, this book was just too much. For me, it was so over the top - all the tragic things that kept happening piling up on top of one another. It took me out of the emotion of the story. 

It is a slow, long read that I pushed through hoping for something different to happen. For some character development. Some hope. I couldn’t even recommend this to others as a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Violence, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Car accident, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, and Panic attacks/disorders

georgie_libby_m's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Car accident, Dysphoria, Drug use, Trafficking, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Cancer, Body shaming, Blood, and Addiction

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Medical content, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Self harm, Mental illness, Grief, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Abandonment, Infidelity, and Ableism

Minor: Cancer and Dementia