Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

169 reviews

_rsof_'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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

ludmireads's review against another edition

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: Bullying, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Suicide, Car accident, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Body horror

alisonannk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dementia, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Alcohol, Racism, Cancer, and Vomit

besotted's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Gore, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Self harm, Mental illness, Grief, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Lesbophobia, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit, Classism, and Deadnaming

nily's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Rape, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Car accident

lanid's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Abandonment, Trafficking, Blood, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gore, Medical content, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death, Dysphoria, Ableism, and Biphobia

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia and Biphobia

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

This book was heartbreaking with beautiful writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Drug use, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Outing, Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

atridie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

1.0

The worst book I’ve ever read. 

Sometimes it’s easy to confuse shock value with good writing; and in this case, there’s shock value on top of shock value on top of shock value, and for no other purpose than shocking, to the point where it’s almost funny. 

It’s a pathetic attempt to induce feelings in a way that feels forced and artificial. I admit that it made me cry, but mostly I was just angry at how awful the book is. And side note: as a person with a history of self-harm, the book felt like a spit in the face. 

“The book follows the story of four friends…” no it does not? Malcolm dissapears pretty quickly. JB only comes back when it’s convenient, in order to push Jude’s story forward. Speaking of, I really don’t care about Jude. He feels like a cardboard cutout of a person. I don’t even know why any of them are friends.

“The writing is gorgeous though” it’s very mediocre.

I will never complain about a book ever again because there’s no way I can find something worse than this. I don’t understand why it’s so praised, or why it was published in the first place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Medical content, Rape, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Vomit, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Religious bigotry, and Infertility

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Dementia

egna's review against another edition

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

4.25

Beautiful writing, bloody depressing. Best read in chunks with large pauses in between.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual assault, Ableism, Body shaming, Rape, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Biphobia, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Vomit, Abandonment, Addiction, Dementia, and Religious bigotry

harrysgrave's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Violence