51.8k reviews for:

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

4.32 AVERAGE

manpreetchauhan's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

laurenlewis08's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

qchainz's review against another edition

5.0

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I will forever think about Jude St. Francis

sophlispenard77's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mandypchu's review against another edition

4.0

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Heartbreaking and beautiful

brendanhart's review against another edition

5.0

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

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One of the best, and most emotionally turbulent books I've ever read in my life. It's an undertaking, but worth it. 

amsn's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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"and i tried to be kind to everything i see, and in everything i see, i see him," the first 5-star book in my library. oh jude st. francis, you are so loved. 

yaravskl's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nathreadsbooks26's review against another edition

4.0

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Christ, this book is DENSE (hard to argue that 800+ pages isn’t excessive). Jude went through so much I honestly began to lose track. A good read, but definitely a one-and-done.

threedinotree's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes