Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

588 reviews

lilymaexx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Absolutely beautiful book, so moving and gripping. Some trigger warnings required, very graphic book in a lot of ways. Such a devasting story line but so well written. I think about this book a lot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Self harm, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Sexual assault

flowersophia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Insert every trigger warning ever, but no book has made me feel as hard as this one does. There’s a lot of valid critiques on the severity of the content, but it’s so innovatively written; the story-telling is incredible. It definitely helps to remind yourself that it’s fiction, but that didn’t stop me from sobbing several times. I can’t say I recommend it to anyone, but it is extremely impactful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Grief, Sexual content, Death, Car accident, Rape, Blood, and Medical trauma

ghostpuppy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

I hate this book and i love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, Self harm, Sexual violence, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Grief, Terminal illness, Addiction, Mental illness, Torture, Trafficking, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

megandirks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Violence, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Rape

kseibold's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Bullying, Medical trauma, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Child abuse, Vomit, Biphobia, Blood, Sexual assault, Gore, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Confinement, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Homophobia, Grief, Kidnapping, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death, Gaslighting, and Eating disorder

featherinthewind's review against another edition

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

5.0

I can’t. Actually. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Vomit, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Ableism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Car accident, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia

rachelleio's review

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

3.0

I find this book hard to rate. On one hand the writing is beautiful, the prose undeniably grips you and certain passages will stick with me forever. On the other hand, this book is tedious in its misery. Chapters are endless, internal monologues span several pages, you are fully entrenched as a reader into a litany of trauma, darkness and pain. I don’t know if the message or the way that the lead character views himself is necessarily helpful to those who have endured similar horrors, and the lack of light and hope in the book left me feeling hollow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

izzycarpenito's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

2.0

i usually don't write reviews on here, but something had inspired me to do so cuz ive never been more emotionally conflicted about a book.

first, the good. i really enjoyed the first half of the book. i read it all in two hours. i enjoyed the characters enough, but i was most interested in the main character. he quickly became insufferable to me as literally nothing about him changes over the course of the book.

the bad then, the book is trauma porn, and that's not necessarily bad, but i didn't want to just read 800 pages of characters suffering. another thing that bothered me is that pretty much all the characters are static. the only one who went thru actual personality changes was JB. 

in the end, what's the message? i didnt pick up on an intended one, though it became clear to me what the author thinks. sometimes if youre disabled or traumatized or mentally ill youre better off killing yourself and i cant get behind that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual violence, Addiction, Child death, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Ableism, Eating disorder, Gore, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit

lou_loo's review against another edition

 I made the terrible mistake of picking up this book after people on the internet had put it in tiktoks like "books that broke my heart" in which you can find books like The Song of Achilles, The Way I Used to Be or If He Had Been With Me... All of this to say I had no idea what I was getting myself into and I had no idea I was at risk of traumatizing myself. About 200 pages in (the edition I was reading was 816 pages) the vibes were off, it didn't feel like a "regular" sad book I could enjoy. I ended up on Goodreads reading every review I could and found out about the trigger warnings... I decided to stop reading it. I would say that for a month after this decision to DNF, I found myself drawn to it, I wanted to know what was this terrible, yet I didn't, because my fear was greater than my curiosity...

Today, 8 and a half months later, I found a video on YouTube, where the booktuber was re-reading A Little Life and she vlogged it, giving spoilers and saying everything the story was about, without going into details as the book did. (this is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddGj3JtnbR8)
I'm extremely glad I watched this video because now I know everything that happened in the book without getting traumatized. 
So I would say, if you are thinking of reading it despite having heard the whole internet saying it's terrible and they wouldn't recommend it and spoilers aren't a turn-off in a book for you... Watch this very interesting video and see for yourself if you are strong enough to go through these 800 (or 700) pages of pain and sadness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual content, Abandonment, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Rape, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death

cari_'s review against another edition

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

3.75

This is a wonderfully written book about terrible things. It's characters are rich and explored deeply enough for readers to develop a strong connection to them, which makes the terrible things worse. There are people who I would never recommend this book to, and I would suggest looking up content warnings before delving in if you are prone to triggers. It is not without flaws, but it affected me deeply (for better or worse).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Death, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Rape, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Body shaming

Minor: Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Kidnapping