Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

13 reviews

parkerjm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Blood, Kidnapping, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Self harm, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Ableism, Blood, Addiction, and Alcohol

paulinskiii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

The book is incredibly written but sometimes boarders at trauma-porn. It shows everything and is sometimes frustrating to read because you love the characters and they struggle so much. All that is just because it is such a moving story and so well written. I kinda hate and love Hanya Yanagihara because she definitely did not make me cry „a little“ but multiple times. She created characters you can only care about and learn a lot from. That said it’s not for the faint hearted and I only recommend readying it when you’re emotionally stable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Mental illness, Violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Self harm, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicide, Eating disorder, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Child death, Physical abuse, and Gore

Minor: Infidelity and Infertility

lozbot27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Suicide, Car accident, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Dementia, Infertility, Self harm, Torture, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

atridie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.0

The worst book I’ve ever read. 

Sometimes it’s easy to confuse shock value with good writing; and in this case, there’s shock value on top of shock value on top of shock value, and for no other purpose than shocking, to the point where it’s almost funny. 

It’s a pathetic attempt to induce feelings in a way that feels forced and artificial. I admit that it made me cry, but mostly I was just angry at how awful the book is. And side note: as a person with a history of self-harm, the book felt like a spit in the face. 

“The book follows the story of four friends…” no it does not? Malcolm dissapears pretty quickly. JB only comes back when it’s convenient, in order to push Jude’s story forward. Speaking of, I really don’t care about Jude. He feels like a cardboard cutout of a person. I don’t even know why any of them are friends.

“The writing is gorgeous though” it’s very mediocre.

I will never complain about a book ever again because there’s no way I can find something worse than this. I don’t understand why it’s so praised, or why it was published in the first place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Medical content, Rape, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Vomit, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Religious bigotry, and Infertility

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Dementia

cloud_animals's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug use, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Drug abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Grief, Ableism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Eating disorder, Vomit, and Trafficking

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Transphobia, Infertility, and Lesbophobia

soumya_singhal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Colonisation, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic friendship

xyloblue's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Grief, Infertility, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Torture

jessica_serra's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• 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: Suicide attempt, Blood, Cancer, Terminal illness, Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Racism, Abandonment, Body horror, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, and Violence

isaac_salle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Death, Dementia, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Trafficking, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Toxic friendship

aksvokuz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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: Biphobia, Blood, Abandonment, Addiction, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit