Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

2100 reviews

nalinnvr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

Finally fucking finished this! This book is infuriating. Yes, emotional at times, but I did not shed a single tear, which I believe is because of how angry I was at the author throughout the whole thing.
It is somehow beautifully written and a complete disservice to society when it comes to mental health conditions at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Do not read this books without reading through trigger warnings.

mouthy_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

My heart is aching.
(I will likely update my review once I've processed) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Chronic illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

anjali_911's review against another edition

challenging 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

My favourite book ever it had my whole heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

fulltimelogan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

I close this book with a sadness in knowing that I can never read it again, never again experience for the first time the genuine emotions that this writing invokes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Car accident

codakal'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cancer

kaiolenatac's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I have ran the marathon. I’ve lived five lives. I will think about this book for the rest of my life. 

I’ve attempted to read this three different times over the course of 4 years and I will say I don’t think I could’ve read it before now. It took me many months of taking it slow and processing grief in my own life as well as in the novel. It will stand as a book that changed my life for the better or worse, and while I’m not sure I can recommend it to anyone I am deeply engaged in every media surrounding this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Grief

briana513'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism

geekyjack's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

kissmz0313's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

impatientprincess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

4.75

TRIGGER WARNING:  Child abuse, sexual abuse, self harm, eating disorder, substance abuse, suicide, grief.

There is a paragraph in this book that sums up how I feel.  

“It took us several days to read, because although it was brief, it was also endless, and we had to keep putting the pages down and walking away from them, and then bracing each other - READY? - and sitting down and reading some more”

As a person with a disability, this was incredibly hard to read.  How much sadness can a human bear?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Addiction and Eating disorder

There is a paragraph in this book that sums up how I feel. “It took us several days to read, because although it was brief, it was also endless, and we had to keep putting the pages down and walking away from them, and then bracing each other - READY? - and sitting down and reading some more” As a person with a disability, this was incredibly hard to read. How much sadness can a human bear?