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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

69 reviews

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

4.0

*check trigger warnings!!!! I cannot stress this enough!!!*

The beginning of this book hit me like a train, and it does not get any easier. (although I only really realised how emotionally drained I felt after finishing)
It'd difficult to explain this novel without any spoilers, but I will say that the characters are so complex and vivid they could easily walk off the page into existence. The writing style is stunning in spite of the incredibly difficult topics the novel navigates.
I really did like the book, although I don't know if I will ever be able to read it again given it's intensity - however, it is one that I feel should be read (but only if in a mentally clear space)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Body horror, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Ableism and Forced institutionalization

golden_like_dior's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Vomit, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Outing, Physical abuse, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Body shaming, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Rape, and Suicide

ginadapooh's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

flavvia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Racism, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Self harm, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

what a book
i simultaneously want everyone to read this and want no one to read it

an 800 page epic of a story detailing a life lived. Hanya Yanagihara has such a beautiful way of detailing daily life and it’s ebs and flows in such a mundane but entrancing way. Time is fluid as she jumps from present to past to future in the way someone tells a story to their friends. It changes perspective a few times which i found slightly confusing being that almost all the characters are male.

all on little lispenard

I enjoyed how a lot of the characters were queer in some way but in a casual and nonchalant way.
I enjoyed the diversity of representation: mental health, physical disability, queerness

However there are so many triggers in this book it is sorta ridiculous

TW for the following: chronic illness, sibling death, sexual abuse, rape, physical abuse, mental abuse, abusive partner, abusive parent, child abuse, sexual assault, self harm, suicide, suicidal thoughts, medical trauma, abduction, kid napping, ptsd, partner death, death, abandonment, addiction, adult/minor relationship, alcoholism, alcohol, drug use, blood, body dysmorphia, body shaming, bullying, car accident, confinement, domestic abuse, dysphoria, eating disorder, emotional abuse, vomit, fire, fire injury, amputation, forced institutionalization, grief, gore, medical trauma, gaslighting, pedophilia, grooming, injury detail, medical content, mental illness, panic attacks, sexual content, sexual violence, stalking, suicide attempt, terminal illness, torture, toxic relationship

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Terminal illness, Suicide, Child death, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug use, Confinement, Ableism, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gore, Excrement, Alcohol, Addiction, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Self harm, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Car accident, Bullying, Body shaming, Body horror, Blood, and Abandonment

sofie_puzzlemaster5000's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Child abuse, Trafficking, Torture, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Grief, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Confinement, Child death, and Drug use

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, and Grief

bookchatwithbeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Car accident, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Self harm, Rape, Mental illness, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Vomit, Terminal illness, and Eating disorder

Minor: Racial slurs

ruddsreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Addiction, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Torture, Violence, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, Sexual assault, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Body horror, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

jude_rose's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

I read this book almost as a favor to my friend, I genuinely thought I'd like it because I tend to like triggering books (I'm a gluten for punishment) This book goes through the life of four friends from their 20s to their 50s, the main character Jude has childhood trauma that dictates his life. This book is suppose to be about friendship and growth (I guess??) This book was just obnoxious. The characters weren't likable, and all have the author's voice. The author tells more than shows and will ramble on for 50 pages about the same thing yet give us nothing about long awaited events such as

when Jude and Willem finally get together, and then when Willem dies

I really hated this book. I genuinely don't even want to give it a review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Car accident, Racial slurs, and Racism

There's probably more triggers than I could mention.

sheshallbenamed's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Rape, Ableism, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Car accident, Death, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Racial slurs