Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

83 reviews

joobke's review against another edition

i dnfd this book because i know what happens next and i will not push myself through the last 100 pages. i love this book with my whole heart but i can't finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug use

blymanor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Edit: This Youtube review has me questioning my initial impression of this novel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpZF7O0jezg

I was moved by this book, something that books don't often do for me, inspiring my initial five star review. However, this review I watched pointed out that Yanagihara did not sufficiently research the sensitive topics she presented. She also includes graphic depictions of self harm that could be harmful if read by the wrong people.

Overall, I am still impressed with this book stylistically and narratively, writing a novel this long that keeps people engaged is no small feat, but the author should perhaps have spent some more time questioning her own biases and seeking outside perspectives before dedicating 720 pages to such a triggering topic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Car accident, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Biphobia

emmalouisepip's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

krastian'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Ableism, and Body shaming

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, and Car accident

henrysmalbs113's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

laurenparham's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, 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, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

jbellomy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

more like a long life amirite lol help 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction and Homophobia

Minor: Biphobia and Infidelity

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

mettenikkessen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I do not know what to think about this book really. It is probably one of the most depressing books I have ever read; it needs a lot of trigger warnings (had to pick most from the list of content warnings). However, it also has so many beautiful scenes and moments about life in general and about growing up, and also about diverse types of relationships; life-long friendships, romantic relationships, families. At times I was not sure whether I truly liked this book for its content or whether I just had to continue reading it after getting so involved with the characters' lifes after reading so many pages about them (due to the length of this book). But at the same time; would I ever have finished a book this long if it was not filled with so many touching beautifully written scenes in it? Probably not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, and Drug use

Moderate: Homophobia, Biphobia, and Racism

parttimerarebookdealer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence