Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Una vita come tante by Hanya Yanagihara

2574 reviews

helensem's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide attempt

rileyml103's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

vish2694's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, and Mental illness

Minor: Child death, Mental illness, Vomit, Death of parent, and Abandonment

ponkrock's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Car accident

szwaagstra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Horrifyingly beautiful and heart wrenching. Not a day will go by that I don’t think of Jude St Francis and Willem Ragnarsson. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

narcisa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I had to come in the park to write this review. I had to take myself out of the house because I was so broken down.
It is a very beautiful book... but I really hoped that at some point the misery will stop.
I had to buy an expensive tub of ice cream to cheer me up but even that didn't work. I couldn't eat the entire day.
I am really amazed with the profoundness and the accuracy of describing the thoughts and feelings of the characters.
Please do not read this if you're emotional or ever so slightly sad in your day to day life. This is emotional torture... I just hope the weeks will pass quickly and the memories will be erased or at least faded from my mind.
I love Willem, I love Jude, Harold, Andy; I could see all them clearly as I was reading, and even wihout seeing him, I was fascinated by Jude's beauty. I will always listen to the song: "Hey Jude" thinking of Jude St Francis 💔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

whitneysederberg's review against another edition

0.5

the worst book i’ve read in a very long time. dnf around p400. the prose is excellent and hides the gratuitous trauma and misery quite well, shields the improbability of it all. 

maybe i’m the wrong person for this book since i did find it deeply deeply triggering. i really wish i never picked it up. but i waited and waited for payoff for reading all the violence and misery and after 400 pages i couldn’t take it anymore. i’ve read about worse things, horrors, but i don’t know if i’ve ever read something so depressing for the sake of being depressing. The Bluest Eye, for example, covers many of the same topics without feeling pointless or indulgent. Toni Morrison is sparse with her words and I find her writing to even be much heavier. 

the characters are not particularly well written. for some reason they are all hyper-successful and talented against their varying odds. JB’s art is interesting but it is perhaps the most boring addiction narrative i’ve read. 

but yeah this book seriously fetishizes its own sadness. i think you need to be very very VERY careful when you write about SH and SA, but the events were written so unrealistically i found it deeply fetishy.

and finally, what kind of poor person eats at Pho Viet Huong if you live in chinatown?? i should have known how stupid the author is from the first scene. i have no idea what the time period is here but even in 2024 you can stuff yourself for $3 from basically any dumpling place. besides pho viet huong is probably the worst pho place in lower manhattan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jochaatuu's review against another edition

Author gave the main character every traumatic experience possible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

faithvredding's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

averydriver'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail