Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

48 reviews

introverted_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Outing, Stalking, Transphobia, Biphobia, and Excrement

michelareadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Blood, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

soumya_singhal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Colonisation, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic friendship

sinnabeanz'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Part of me wants to give this 0 because of certain things that felt unnecessary and overkill in terms of the trauma and "bad things" we have described to us. In the end though the reading experience was something I rarely experience, where I am wholly immersed, feeling what the characters feel, being sad, crying, getting angry and even nauseous at times. This book isn't something to pick up lightly just as a fun read it is traumatising an scarring and a small part of me wishes I could unread certain parts. In the end  though it's the books that are profound in their ability to make me feel, whether that be feeling devastated or giddy with joy I will always respect and appreciate a book written well enough to make me feel things on the level that I did. It isn't a 5 cause 1% of me says 0 and hated it cause of certain things I felt were not needed but the other 99% says oh my god 5 that was amazing I felt so many things the writing was incredible and the characters were so real, so fleshed out and the choice of making time go by through major life events really just sealed it for me it added this extra focus on he characters in a way I've never seen an author use a different form of time going by to shine more light on the fact that this is a character driven book. Overall I say read the trigger warnings, read reviews, watching reading vlogs, go in informed and not completely blind cause it is triggering.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gore, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, and Ableism

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Hate crime, Racism, Vomit, Addiction, Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, and Gaslighting

Minor: Excrement and Hate crime

golden_like_dior's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-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: Abandonment, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Vomit, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Outing, Physical abuse, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Body shaming, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Rape, and Suicide

fairyribs'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

what a book
i simultaneously want everyone to read this and want no one to read it

an 800 page epic of a story detailing a life lived. Hanya Yanagihara has such a beautiful way of detailing daily life and it’s ebs and flows in such a mundane but entrancing way. Time is fluid as she jumps from present to past to future in the way someone tells a story to their friends. It changes perspective a few times which i found slightly confusing being that almost all the characters are male.

all on little lispenard

I enjoyed how a lot of the characters were queer in some way but in a casual and nonchalant way.
I enjoyed the diversity of representation: mental health, physical disability, queerness

However there are so many triggers in this book it is sorta ridiculous

TW for the following: chronic illness, sibling death, sexual abuse, rape, physical abuse, mental abuse, abusive partner, abusive parent, child abuse, sexual assault, self harm, suicide, suicidal thoughts, medical trauma, abduction, kid napping, ptsd, partner death, death, abandonment, addiction, adult/minor relationship, alcoholism, alcohol, drug use, blood, body dysmorphia, body shaming, bullying, car accident, confinement, domestic abuse, dysphoria, eating disorder, emotional abuse, vomit, fire, fire injury, amputation, forced institutionalization, grief, gore, medical trauma, gaslighting, pedophilia, grooming, injury detail, medical content, mental illness, panic attacks, sexual content, sexual violence, stalking, suicide attempt, terminal illness, torture, toxic relationship

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Terminal illness, Suicide, Child death, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug use, Confinement, Ableism, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gore, Excrement, Alcohol, Addiction, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Self harm, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Car accident, Bullying, Body shaming, Body horror, Blood, and Abandonment

kirsty_irwin's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Drug use, Body horror, Addiction, Ableism, Abandonment, Stalking, Racism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Cursing, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Child death, Alcohol, Bullying, Dementia, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Rape, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Medical content, Homophobia, Death, Sexual content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Car accident, Biphobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cursing, Acephobia/Arophobia, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug abuse

Minor: Dementia, Incest, Miscarriage, Car accident, Outing, Cancer, and Child death

edria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Self harm, Rape, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gore, Domestic abuse, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Vomit, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Blood

christineboudriasroy's review against another edition

dark 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Addiction, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Gore, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, and Domestic abuse