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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

69 reviews

ephemeral_remi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Car accident, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Eating disorder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Violence

books_marika's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Self harm, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

elicia98's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Medical content, Racial slurs, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

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

liliandra's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Trigger Warnings:
Abuse
Drug Use
Harassment
Child Abuse
Suicide
Self Harm
Racial Slurs
Racism
Homophobia
Misscommunication
Forced Prostitution
Rape
Beating
Pedophilia

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Blood, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Grief

rodeorevellers'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Torture, Trafficking, Vomit, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

So I'll start with the little I liked, the theme that life can deal you a motherfucker but the ppl who care about you can make it better. I think Jude's life would have been much much shorter if he hadn't had the ppl in his life he did. However this book was straight up trauma porn. It says it's about 4 friends but Malcolm's POV disappears immediately bc his life is too trauma free and everyone else you get the POV is just for the bad things that happen to them, I'm not going to list them but none of these characters feel fleshed out or real because of this. The book just feels extremely voyueristic in it's depictions, the good times characters have are mentioned in passing and instead you get gratuitous CSA, abuse, and self harm

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Racial slurs and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

cstein's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

A Little Life was difficult to put down, difficult to dream about, difficult not to dwell on for hours in the middle of the night. Yanagihara's respectful, relatively sparse depictions of a laundry list of traumas made this book tolerable, while her depictions of human goodness and joy made this book hopeful and beautiful. Particularly impressive were the author's careful detailing of fictional artworks, fictional movies, fictional law cases, fictional renovations, etc. An engrossing and extraordinary feat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Infidelity, and Vomit

Minor: Racism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Drug use

colie923'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Trafficking, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

alomie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

This book is a really rough read, it took me a long time to read and I needed to take lots of breaks as it was relentlessly emotional, a kick to the gut, as bad as things are they just get worse.

I can't really recommend this book to anyone and I think this is a super dangerous book to be all over booktube/booktok. Before you read this please do check the trigger warnings as the descriptions are graphic, slow and detailed. 

I found this harrowing to read, and deeply upsetting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Drug use, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Body horror, Infidelity, Self harm, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Racism