Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

32 reviews

emalillah's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Violence, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, and Sexual harassment

lizart520's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 I do not recommend this book. I finished it not because I wanted to but because I felt I had to.  And now  I would like to forget I read it.  I loved “A Little Life” but this was hard to read.  Not just for the subject matter but just hard to read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Rape

_cararichardson's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book got really dark, really fast. The main character is so hateable, and complex, even before you get to the dramatic reveal. The writing is beautiful and gets really visceral. The pace got a little slow in the middle, but picked up considerably. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, and Child abuse

micamicami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Confinement, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Colonisation, Abandonment, and Dementia

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, Sexual content, Medical content, and Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism

trashrat333's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Rape, Incest, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Animal death

novelspirits's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Misogyny, Violence, and Animal death

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Animal death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Fatphobia, Suicide, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

ltyagenda's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

ok several things :

• this is Yanagihara's best writting, while the plot might not be as thought out as To Paradise or A Little Life, her way of making that jungle feel alive and breathing is truly beautiful.
• reading this after her newer two books is really funny bc you can see she had ideas for her later works already here(from the orphanage where Tallent was raised named St Jude,the work in the lab that parallels part III from To Paradise) 
• an upsetting story in general, this books not only delves into sexual abuse but colonialism, Yanagihara doesn't shy away from how a white man from america (Norton) would think not only of the island and the people in it but of the children he adopts later on. How he shifts when they aren't the most grateful children and adoring him.

There's a reviewer here who said that they would like this from one of the childrens perspective and i agree, while it might resemble A Little Life more (plot wise) it would be very interesting bc i was left wondering if the older kids knew (aside from the ones he assaulted), did Norton make them believe that was an experience in every household? Did he make them believe he was attaching them to their culture by doing the ritual that the villagers would do? From the older kids after the christmas incident did any of them know that would happen? was that why they left in such a hurry? 


I have a lot of thoughts and i'm unable to find the proper words but i would truly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Hanya's works. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Colonisation, and Violence

laughtrack17's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Rape, Suicide, and Colonisation

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

teargarden's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

worse than i expected

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence and Child abuse