Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

123 reviews

maximauve's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

Please never read this book. It is beautifully written. So many characters are so full of love. But, dear reader, you do not deserve the pain. Please, please, do not harm yourself this way. Especially if you struggle with sexual trauma and/or self-harm. Please. Please do not read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Self harm, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Torture, Car accident, Medical content, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abandonment, Blood, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, and Stalking

sisirasage's review against another edition

dark sad 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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Stalking, Body shaming, Trafficking, Body horror, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual assault, Grief, Homophobia, and Sexual content

annie_arya's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Lo consiglio? No. 
O almeno solo se veramente, dopo una grande riflessione ve la sentite (io ci ho messo 2 anni). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Vomit, Drug abuse, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Dementia, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol

greenan26's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Medical content, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Ableism, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Self harm, Gore, Car accident, Blood, and Medical trauma

mareikeeve's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Grief, Pedophilia, Violence, Vomit, Chronic illness, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Addiction, Car accident, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, and Child death

mckaylasmith's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I think this book was a gross misrepresentation of trauma and abuse and does a disservice to survivors everywhere. If this hadn’t of been a book club book, I would have DNFed it. It could have easily been half the length, also. 

It is also presented as a story about friendship with four main characters and she hardly developed two of them. 

The author was going for shock factor half of the time. So much of the plot is completely implausible - how much pedophilia is rampant in the world and that every single truck driver Jude hitched a ride with was a pedophile and that he was then just picked up off the street by Dr. Traylor who was also a pedophile?? I know how broken our system is but I do not believe all of these events could have happened to one person. 

And then, after all of the bullshit, killing off his partner and having no type of redemption? It is senseless suffering. I feel like it sends a message to victims of abuse that you are too broken, that there is no use carrying on. Life can be bleak but this was 100% trauma porn. 

Last gripe, she built a beautiful platonic friendship between Jude and Willem and then had to escalate it. Why? Why?? We need more books about platonic male friendship. She only did that to make his death more dramatic, which again, senseless suffering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Death of parent, Abandonment, Stalking, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

holliejoy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Stalking, Excrement, Addiction, Body horror, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicide, and Terminal illness

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Stalking, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Moderate: Confinement

rileyhawkins's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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