Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

248 reviews

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

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Biphobia, Bullying, Dysphoria, Grief, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Car accident, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Child death, Toxic friendship, Violence, Torture, and Terminal illness

eleanor_w's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Eating disorder, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Child death, Drug use, Suicide, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

mauimc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

It is a very well written book. The character are very much alive to the point where you could actually believe they live in the real world. That said, I would not recommend this book and I suggest people think about it before picking up this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Grief, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Torture, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Body horror

megque's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

I love this gut wrenching, terribly upsetting book. It is very raw, human, and emotional. This book is about trauma and how trauma affects us so deeply in ways that can be healed, and in ways that can never be healed. This book puts to words what all of us feel sometimes but may not be able to describe. Feelings of the terror of receiving help, terror of the ones we love knowing what we are most ashamed of, but the themes of shame are the shame that are not the victims fault. Feelings of wanting to help so bad but not being able to because the recipient refuses to accept. Feelings of that complicated dynamic of needing someone but not being able to let them in. Feelings of truly being alone, but also feelings of those who understand each other the most and how that can alleviate the burden or being alive. I love this book so much. I love the way it makes me feel, cry, grieve, feel proud of the characters, relate to the characters. I love crying and grieving the characters in the book because I am crying and grieving everyone I see in them, including myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Torture, Addiction, Biphobia, Bullying, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Chronic illness, Rape, Self harm, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

DO NOT read this book if any of the content/trigger warnings are very real triggers or upsetting to you. It is not worth it if you are sensitive to the content and will be harmed by the content because it is very explicit.

aalayah'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Violence, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Blood, Dysphoria, Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Vomit

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Body shaming, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Eating disorder, and Hate crime

thepostman96'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Rape, Death, Medical content, Suicide, Vomit, Blood, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Grief, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Forced institutionalization

roarintwenties'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Bullying, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

lillyturmel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

Wow. This book was somehow compelling, even with its dark and absurd themes. I could never really recommend this to anyone in good conscience, but its a really good read, so beautifully written, and made me feel my emotions in a whole new way I never thought I'd do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Physical abuse, Suicide, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Rape, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Violence