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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

816 reviews

rowy148's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Blood, Physical abuse, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Car accident, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Drug abuse, and Ableism

ghostpuppy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

I hate this book and i love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, Self harm, Sexual violence, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Grief, Terminal illness, Addiction, Mental illness, Torture, Trafficking, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

tsamp's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Mental illness, Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, Car accident, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Violence

sevroaubarca23's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Suicide, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death, and Child abuse

keepcalm's review against another edition

challenging inspiring 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

3.5

I was hooked for the first 3/4 of the book, cried towards the end because it brought up scenarios if I was in that position but didn’t really feel engaged at the end of the book. Wasn’t as deep for me as people said it was as I don’t personally face any mental illness but can see why it’s so deep.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Addiction, Self harm, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Vomit, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Violence, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

parkerjm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Blood, Kidnapping, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Self harm, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Ableism, Blood, Addiction, and Alcohol

mccullah's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Vomit, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Addiction, Torture, and Violence

daniliff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

In good conscience, I can’t tell anyone to read this. It literally took every content warning and blew it out of the water (in all the categories literally). At times it was incredibly hard to read because it was sickeningly dark. 

That said, I couldn’t put this down and I do think it was spectacular. The imagery in my head was of taffy - she took lives and stretched them to their most extremes. By putting the characters through most impossibly perfect things that can happen and the most impossibly horrific things that can happen, you’re left with emotion so deep that I don’t think I’ve ever had it from a book before. I very frequently questioned what the hell is wrong with her to do some of this to characters and I sobbed. But I had to think that it had to be balanced with the impossibility of the extreme positives, too. 

I get why everyone warned me. And it’s LONG. But I’m glad I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Addiction, Car accident, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Rape, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Abandonment, Blood, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Self harm, Body shaming, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Grief

jacobandthefrogs's review against another edition

Just actual torture, I truly don’t know what would make her write this book but I hope she has been able to heal from it because I don’t think I will

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Rape, Racial slurs, Death, Ableism, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Car accident, Bullying, Body shaming, Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Suicide attempt, Racism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Outing, Homophobia, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Dysphoria

lou_loo's review against another edition

 I made the terrible mistake of picking up this book after people on the internet had put it in tiktoks like "books that broke my heart" in which you can find books like The Song of Achilles, The Way I Used to Be or If He Had Been With Me... All of this to say I had no idea what I was getting myself into and I had no idea I was at risk of traumatizing myself. About 200 pages in (the edition I was reading was 816 pages) the vibes were off, it didn't feel like a "regular" sad book I could enjoy. I ended up on Goodreads reading every review I could and found out about the trigger warnings... I decided to stop reading it. I would say that for a month after this decision to DNF, I found myself drawn to it, I wanted to know what was this terrible, yet I didn't, because my fear was greater than my curiosity...

Today, 8 and a half months later, I found a video on YouTube, where the booktuber was re-reading A Little Life and she vlogged it, giving spoilers and saying everything the story was about, without going into details as the book did. (this is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddGj3JtnbR8)
I'm extremely glad I watched this video because now I know everything that happened in the book without getting traumatized. 
So I would say, if you are thinking of reading it despite having heard the whole internet saying it's terrible and they wouldn't recommend it and spoilers aren't a turn-off in a book for you... Watch this very interesting video and see for yourself if you are strong enough to go through these 800 (or 700) pages of pain and sadness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual content, Abandonment, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Rape, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death