Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

69 reviews

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death of parent, Medical content, Stalking, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Moderate: Confinement

laurengeorgia's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Child death, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Blood, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Abandonment, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Self harm, Trafficking, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

gjepps's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Rape, Pedophilia, Slavery, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Grief, Death, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

jeffrey's review

dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Car accident, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Physical abuse, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Slavery

alyssatuininga's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

The most beautiful, painful, heartbreaking, raw book I have read in a really long time. It will be with me for so long.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Slavery, Rape, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

gymnesa'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

5.0

This book is heavyyyy. I was drawn in immediately though. You’ll soon fall in love with the characters and there friendship. However book does hit home sometimes and not always in a good way. I had high expectations and book definitely met them. Not a book I would recommend because it is very graphic and traumatic but also not a book I wouldn’t recommend. So proceed at your own risk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Rape, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body shaming, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Just be prepared

hollaylonn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Self harm, Rape, Racism, Pedophilia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Ableism, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Domestic abuse

chanelle_m17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

• 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

This book absolutely destroyed me<3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Sexual assault, Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, and Mental illness

mawn323's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Ableism, Body shaming, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Self harm, Torture, Trafficking, Vomit, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, and Terminal illness

jdraindavis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

A piece of literature that completely devastes and enraptures. The detail in which you are thrust into the innermost traumas and struggles of the characters is unmatched. I will be processing this story for a long, long time. Exploring the themes of catastrophic grief, you are not given relief in this book. Be prepared to weep. I found myself getting frustrated with some of the plot when it focuses on the mundane, but then a tragic event would occur that would tie everything into the quotidian experiences. It was alike living another life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, and Vomit