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A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

4.32 AVERAGE

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Un libro doloroso e struggente, tra i più tristi che abbia mai letto. Eppure, nonostante lo spietato accanimento verso il protagonista, non potevo smettere di leggere.
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DID NOT FINISH: 22%

would not recommend 

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

It was a compelling story and was very well written. However, it was emotionally very challenging to read. For the sake of my own mental health, I had to take breaks from reading it. It was very triggering.

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dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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: Complicated

The reason this doesn't have the 16 pages of trigger warnings it deserves is because we need to save trees guys, climate change is not a joke

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Where does one even begin with a review for this book. Do you start with the plot, storyline, characters, the writing style, the execution, the trauma, how it makes you feel every emotion there is for one to feel?

I want to write about it all and tell you about how my heart squeezed for Willem and my body physically ached for Jude, all that I felt for JB & Malcolm, for Henry & Andy, for how I still cry when I think of this book. For how I am still so emotionally hung up and connected to this book. But I fear my words won’t do this masterpiece any justice.

It’s not one I would recommend lightly, there are so many trigger warnings and I understand it may not be for everyone but it was everything for me. I hope if and when you read this book, that you love it too and you let its powerful story seep into you so that you can fully appreciate and feel it.
challenging dark emotional informative 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
adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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