Reviews tagging 'Incest'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

26 reviews

kirsty_irwin's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Drug use, Body horror, Addiction, Ableism, Abandonment, Stalking, Racism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Cursing, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Child death, Alcohol, Bullying, Dementia, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Rape, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Medical content, Homophobia, Death, Sexual content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Car accident, Biphobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cursing, Acephobia/Arophobia, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug abuse

Minor: Dementia, Incest, Miscarriage, Car accident, Outing, Cancer, and Child death

unitedwellfail's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Wow, just wow. I am so touched by this esquisite style of writting that was poetic as well as realistic. I understand that some people felt this was "torture porn" but I did not perceive it this way at all. Sure, some passages are very hard to read and the amount of awfull things that happen to the caracters can seem like a lot at times. But those events do not seem to be told for "shock value" and the messages and the way they are told surpass that pain. 
These caracters will stay with me for a long time.

PS: I am not sure what the exact message was behind the fact that there are no prominent female caracters in this book (Julia is the only "developed" caracter but still feels secondary and not very well know in depth), but I do think that it is important to underline that fact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Hate crime, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

ambgm's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Dementia, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Vomit

sg124's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body horror, Ableism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Confinement

Minor: Abortion, Racism, Pregnancy, Incest, and Cancer

lotteghysels's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Car accident, Grief, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Incest, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Violence

mgaff57's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence