Reviews tagging 'Outing'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

51 reviews

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

svenjaschae07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Rape, Torture, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Outing, Medical content, Racism, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

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

jdonahue13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.25

It was so good for such a long time. It practically had a spell over me and then one plot decision snapped me it of it. But the last chapter was incredibly poignant and the whole book is beautifully written it was still a worthwhile read, it was just a bit of a let down when the spell was broken (and maybe I’m being even more harsh than I would have been if the book wasn’t so good to begin with, so there’s that. Also I know everyone says this but definitely look at the trigger warnings before reading. I don’t have personal experience with this content and it was still an incredibly harrowing read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Dementia and Outing

jacks_beloved's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

This book was a long, long journey (1st April- 18th May, 2022), the degrees of pain it made me experience was incomparable, but in the end, it was worth it. I can clearly see why 'A Little Life' is called a modern classic because goddamnit. In the beginning, it seemed to drag on forever, the writing was absolutely meh, the only notable aspects were the characters of Jude and Willem, but Hanya Yanagihara took the inital ordinariness and created something so incredibly extraordinary in the latter half. (*SPOILER-  Their romance sent butterflies flying through my stomach and Willem's death shattered my heart to the extent that it can never be whole again. The worst part about that was the details, like I genuinely did NOT want to learn how the only thing that made me believe in humanity was crushed from existence. I had to read the part following that at midnight, when I'm practically completely numb otherwise, but I cried twice then too. Now, it's a constant thorn in my side. I'll be going about my day and the sheer reality of Jude and Willem's story comes to mind and it kills me a little every time. I don't know how Jude survived those three years because I wanted to follow after Willem. *) 
This book became a sort of unconventional home for me, naturally, since I spent so long with it. The familiarity of Jude and Willem became my comfort and I can't understand how I'm expected to live normally henceforth. I connect with them on a level it's impossible for even me to comprehend. They are integrated into my very soul. I would sacrifice myself to save them. 
I don't think I'll ever, in my life, pick up this book again because it'll break everything in me forever. This was raw, real, memorable, too damn traumatic to be out on the loose in this world. I've said a lot and still the second-out sufferage this book handed to me is explicable. I could never recommend this to someone because I would never want anyone to go through what I did, but it was definitely a masterpiece I'll always cherish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Body horror

Moderate: Abandonment, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Confinement, Bullying, and Body shaming

Minor: Infidelity and Outing

Extremely explicit so do not read if you're even remotely triggered by any of these.

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

hammy_down's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Body horror, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Outing, Chronic illness, Cancer, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Torture, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Pedophilia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Eating disorder, and Domestic abuse

kathryngardyne's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Homophobia and Outing

uhjoa'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

2.5

It will crush you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Outing, Pedophilia, Self harm, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Vomit, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Suicide

akirma'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

SAD. Sad, sad book with incredible writing. This could've been one of my all-time favorites, hadn't it 

ended the way it did. The ending gives the whole thing an incredibly depressing message that I don't agree with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Body shaming

Moderate: Cursing, Dementia, and Outing

Minor: Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia