Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Una vita come tante by Hanya Yanagihara

2535 reviews

mistydes1re's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

This book was: impressive, excellent, traumatic (OH YES), heartwarming and yet so many adjectives to add.
 

It destroyed and comforted me at the same time. I've felt more emotions than I feel in a daily basis. 

My fav quote is a classic one, but for a good reason so i'm just going to write it: «And so I try to be kind to everything ! see, and in everything I see, I see him.» by Harold <3

I love you: Jude, Willem, Ana, Harold, Andy, Malcolm & Julia!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Eating disorder

Minor: Vomit, Homophobia, Child death, Death, Abandonment, and Lesbophobia

manou_r's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

100/10... I feel like I could read this book 5 more times and still find something new and beautiful in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Trafficking, Rape, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Child death, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Grief, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Confinement, Vomit, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, and Addiction

clusterf_cked's review against another edition

dark 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

0.25

Torture porn. Only got through half of it. I was trying to push through but the constant trauma inflicted on Jude throughout the book was making me sick. The imagery was so thoroughly described that I had to read it all alone so that I could gag and cringe. It does not get better for him. Do not recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Self harm, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Child death, Sexual content, Suicide, Bullying, Child abuse, Rape, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Violence

loto27's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Not for the faint of heart! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Addiction, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Grief, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Sexual assault

hannahdavis0203's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Alcohol, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Self harm, Body horror, Blood, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Car accident, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Abandonment, Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Trafficking

singtothemoon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

While the book has some great passages and beautiful moments portrayed in its pages, it honestly feels a little cartoonish in its representation of the life of it's main character at times. When things go great everything is absolutely unbelievably perfect. All the main characters grow incredibly successful and wealthy, as if failure was only psychological. And when things go wrong they go so incredibly wrong.

Would have liked a bit more focus on JB, focusing on flaws not informed from trauma would have been an interesting contrast.

Heart wrenching at times, the depiction of self hatred, impostor syndrome, self harm and suicidal thoughts is amazingly thoughtful and well done. It's depictions of violence hard to read and impactful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Death, Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual violence

paulea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

lizschultz24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual assault, Rape, Ableism, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Chronic illness, Abandonment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Death of parent

alice_appleby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Death, Vomit, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Mental illness, Abandonment, Blood, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

mrskietzke's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Suicide attempt