Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

10 reviews

alinute's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Rape, Mental illness, Bullying, Violence, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, Gaslighting, Cursing, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Torture, Xenophobia, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Racism, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Car accident, Child abuse, Body shaming, Body horror, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

laylamaethaila's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This was an INCREDIBLY hard read. Yahnagihara is such a compelling, jaw dropping writer, and made me feel SO MUCH in like, 700 pages. -.5 for being a bit “trauma porn-y”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Death, Incest, Grief, Gaslighting, Ableism, Xenophobia, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Physical abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Self harm, and Lesbophobia

shannon1954'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

4.0

I do not recommend this book to read to anyone unless you are in a mentally good and secure space and environment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Biphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Sexual content, Self harm, Hate crime, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Suicide, Medical trauma, Classism, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Racism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, Cursing, Body horror, Ableism, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Child death, Body shaming, Rape, Xenophobia, Violence, Pedophilia, Vomit, and Torture

__saint__'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Vomit, Violence, Death, Rape, Torture, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Gore, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Ableism

ajezio's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Suicide, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, and Blood

jiao_li's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.75

If you struggling with selfharm and suicidal thoughts don't read this book!

I'm still traumatized by this book. It's my fault for not reading the trigger warning first. The book was full of misery, I need to put this several times because it's really triggering. The author really knows how to put every word to the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Suicide, Death, Child abuse, and Death of parent

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

levtitticus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual assault, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Ableism, Addiction, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

himangi's review against another edition

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

3.5

wtf was this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, and Vomit

ariane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Ableism, Child death, Drug abuse, Vomit, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Vomit and Biphobia