Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

3509 reviews

iduhmoose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Never sobbed while reading until I read this book. The first half is slow but essential in building a relationship with the characters. There were plenty of heart wrenching moments.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

sineadlgull's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Made me weep many times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

idrkthem's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

o livro é um retrato da amizade adulta e de como ela se transforma ao longos dos anos, a distância, ainda que haja um carinho e preocupação mútuos, como o rio da vida, influenciado por tantos agentes, molda nosso entendimento do mundo, nosso sofrimento, nossa compaixão, nosso entendimento individual. 

ainda que tenha se arrastado em algumas partes, por vezes pouco interessantes, o livro é espetacular em geral. senti que JB e Malcolm ficaram muito em segundo plano, quando mereciam ter mais destaque. JB não merecia ter sido representado somente como um babaca que só liga para si mesmo, a história dele com o vício deveria ter sido trabalhada mais, e a confusão de Malcolm sobre a sua sexualidade não levou à nada; casou com uma mulher, mencionada vez ou outra, e serviu somente como personagem de apoio até o momento em que morreu. também tenho minhas ressalvas com o relacionamento de Jude e Willem, pois sinto que foi – e odeio ter que dizer isso – mal-trabalhado. uma hora Willem sentiu atração por ele, sem que soubéssemos que ele também sentia atração por homens, e começaram a namorar, pularam direto para a parte que eles já estavam juntos, para só depois contarem como foi o pedido de fato. muitas das vezes, essa narrativa não-linear era bem interessante, mas aqui senti que foi muito mal-colocada.

o protagonista da história é de fato o Jude, não todos os quatro como inicialmente pensei, o que quebrou minha expectativa, claro, pois queria saber mais de Malcolm, JB e Willem, que pareciam mais estar subjugados na história em detrimento de Jude ter mais momentos. A construção de Jude foi muito intensa de acompanhar, com seus altos e baixos, picos e vales, como uma montanha-russa. os abusos, a autoinfligência, as dores crônicas, e até o luto, tudo isso fez dele um personagem extremamente interessante de acompanhar, e não era difícil torcer por ele; para que enfim melhorasse. 

nutro um carinho especial pelo Harold e Julia, que viveram mais que diversos personagens; pelo Andy, que sempre ajudou, e dava sermões quando necessário, e Ana, que causou um impacto, por mais curta que tenha sido sua aparição na história.

o relacionamento de Jude e Willem fora bem-construído depois de um tempo. 

o final me destruiu de diversas formas – Jude se recusando a comer, passando fome a fim de se reencontrar com Willem e, alguns anos depois, se reencontrando com ele em sua morte, por mais forte que fosse minha torcida por ele. 

quanto mais penso na história, mais percebo que o que não gostei é mínimo quando comparado ao todo. uma leitura forte, e portanto, impactante, independente das minhas ressalvas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

kari_f's review against another edition

4.5

Hands down the absolute saddest book I’ve read in my entire life. I cried an excessive number of times, and will be thinking about this book for a long while. 

Check the trigger warnings because this book has all of them. Okay, may not ALL of them, but most of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

kayarosee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

I have never had to stop reading a book because I had so many tears in my eyes that I physically could not read the page. While some people say that it could be shorter, I think that is what makes the story that much more powerful. You truly go on a journey of these characters entire life and the cruelty along with it. This book will stick with me for a very long time. Truly a masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Child death and Car accident

anahilgert's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicide

tylivreformed's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

danamarielanuti'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

okay so this book was beautifully written, but i’m wondering if i would’ve liked it more if people weren’t so “your gonna be sobbing” about it. i didn’t cry once which is fine i don’t need that from a book but i was honestly excited for a good cry. it’s very sad very dark, there’s like a million trigger warnings that could be put on this book. but i did love it a lot. it’s long but it NEEDS to be long. i would love like a three hour long movie adaptation of this. overall great read, but also super predictable endings. glad i finally got this off my tbr!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

renlolaren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

Get ready for a long rollercoaster of trauma, abuse, love, friendship, what it means to try and survive in this dystopian world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Rape

dimlymad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad 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 never wanted it to end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death and Death