Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

220 reviews

willablaise's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book, but it is DARK. Lots of trigger and content warnings required. Still one of my favorites though, and set me down a path of reading more LGBTQIA+ books. I love that it's historically ambiguous—you can't really tell when it's set. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Hate crime, Grief, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

transchilles'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Addiction, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Suicide, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Rape

inegabriels's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Homophobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Cancer, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

skyleetux's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual violence, Self harm, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Grief, Blood, Addiction, Vomit, Sexual content, Mental illness, Transphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Bullying, and Body horror

terp's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

acomwt's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Trafficking, Sexual content, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Torture, Suicide, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Alcoholism, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Pedophilia, Gore, Death of parent, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Hate crime, Car accident, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Cursing, Chronic illness, Body horror, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

jaybird_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

No stars because no star rating feels accurate. On one hand, the prose is really beautiful and the book is, at times, incredibly written. On the other, I do not believe this author should have ever written this book.

I will begin this by saying that I am a queer disabled man, and it is for that reason (and my insatiable, sometimes harmful curiosity) that I read this book.

This book is not some great gay novel as so many have claimed. It is not even written about queerness; it just uses sex with men as one of the many ways that Jude is physically and emotionally tortured. Jude’s sexuality, trauma, and disability is not written with empathy — it is written with a sick fascination that is voyeuristic in nature.

Some of the characters are more than lovable. Some of the scenes and relationships are beyond beautiful. I cried over the first description of Jude’s pain because it was so similar to my own. I cried over the care that Harold showed Jude. I don’t care. The point of this book could have been achieved in 200 less pages and with less than half of the atrocities that were done to Jude.

I might write more later, but for now I have finally sat down and read (in one week) this 800 page trauma-porn novel that so many people are undeservedly obsessed with (most likely because our culture is obsessed with trauma and abuse, especially that visited upon queer men) and can finally say from personal experience: do not fucking read this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

robinsera's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

1.0

trauma porn 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Eating disorder, Gore, Medical content, Physical abuse, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Vomit, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Death, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

dreadpiraterudis'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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is just so desperately sad. Beautiful, but so sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Medical trauma, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Torture, Ableism, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

jennaa219's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Self harm, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness