Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

973 reviews

monserrot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Addiction, Gore, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Cursing, Vomit, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol

ellen1196's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Drug abuse, Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Body shaming, Child abuse, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, and Rape

a_tanya's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

2.5

Unnecessarily tragic, almost comical.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Car accident, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

floord1's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.25

Too much. Not enjoyable. Why would you read this? Why would you write this?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Medical content, Blood, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, and Pedophilia

catherinerowland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

kavelrao's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

I don't recommend this book. I would not have read it if I knew what it was about.

That said, the writing is beautiful, and I have never been so invested in characters from a book. I wanted so badly for things to go well even as I slowly realized the inevitable direction the story was heading. The fact that I not only kept going but looked forward to reading more despite the depressing plot is a testament to its brilliance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Sexual violence

flowersophia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Insert every trigger warning ever, but no book has made me feel as hard as this one does. There’s a lot of valid critiques on the severity of the content, but it’s so innovatively written; the story-telling is incredible. It definitely helps to remind yourself that it’s fiction, but that didn’t stop me from sobbing several times. I can’t say I recommend it to anyone, but it is extremely impactful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Grief, Sexual content, Death, Car accident, Rape, Blood, and Medical trauma

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

oliviacharlene's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Death, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Rape, and Self harm

toochmarone's review against another edition

I read 500 pages of this, and am just tired of the torture. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Body horror, Child death, Drug use, Rape, Suicide, Trafficking, Murder, Alcoholism, Bullying, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Gore, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture