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Une vie comme les autres by Hanya Yanagihara

1324 reviews

zuth6462's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

Enchanting book, as you keep reeding you feel the shift in the characters, you change your view on the plot as the characters change. The writing is magical and ever so descriptive, although at time it felt as though the writer was intentionally adding sadness to the book, which sometimes felt forced. Overall a great read, something to read slowly, to mull over.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Medical content, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Vomit, and Abortion

ametistaz's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism

clusterf_cked's review against another edition

dark medium-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

0.25

Torture porn. Only got through half of it. I was trying to push through but the constant trauma inflicted on Jude throughout the book was making me sick. The imagery was so thoroughly described that I had to read it all alone so that I could gag and cringe. It does not get better for him. Do not recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

hannahdavis0203'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lizschultz24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Death of parent

sadie_g'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

An incredible and devasting story. 

Still processing this but it was so beautiful and it will be something I think of many many times. Especially this quote: "And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him."

One of my main takeaways was how this book highlights the importance of friendship and found family throughout your life. The characters and the relationships are so fully formed and it feels as if these could be real people. Throughout the book we get different timelines and it changes perspectives which helps you to truly understand each character and their relationships. I feel like this quote encapsulates this: "Wasn't friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely?"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Toxic friendship

renardthefox's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

sapphicamphibian's review against another edition

well... she had me in the first half. somewhere around the 50/60% it started to go downhill and it became no longer healthy to read - even from a detatched literary perspective - at 75/80%

the author truly has a talent for writing complicated and interesting characters however, she seems preoccupied with the inevitability of "brokenness"... given her public statements on therapy, i dont believe she went into writing this story aiming to give any other moral beyond "some people are too broken to be saved and rather than suffer and hurt those they love with their suffering they should just die".

i really wanted to enjoy this story as one of college friends growing up and apart and together in different ways, all of them struggling with their own issues. but just before the end when that final horrible thing happens (iykyk) the judes pain became clearly gratuitous and no longer of literary value. 

its genuinely upsetting and disappointing that the author would choose to use her obvious talent to (as she has said herself) goad readers into a sense of security only to shamelessly and grotesquely traumatize her audience for no greater reason than she thought itd be fun to trick them. 

stories of CSA and selfharm are already very difficult to read just due to the subject matter but for victims and survivors it feels like a slap in the face to have your own story used for a trick - even more so when the trick was meant to lure you in-particular all along. 

i hope that yanagihara experiences a change of heart about therapy and gets involved with a counselor because these ideologies around the disabled and mentally ill are disturbing and harmful to more than just herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Trafficking

abception's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

#1 victim of the zillennial need to morally indict anything that makes them even slightly uncomfortable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, and Death of parent

hannahmontanareading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

I think this will be my first and only time reading a little life because that was so hauntingly beautiful, I don't think I'll forget it. I love a book that genuinely immerses me, through emotional response, or just as a page turner. This was both of those things. I found it so engaging and I was desperate to know all I could about that little life!! The way hanya depicts mindsets, and a varied assortment of such mindsets as well, is truly fascinating. I could just be super nosey, but I found the varied perspectives and opinions given to be one of the books most enthralling factors.

I think the author represents a lot of flaws in everyone - I do think perhaps it could be sending a message that one will never recover from trauma, but quite frankly it also creates a platform that viscerally shows the realities of existing with such trauma, possibly quite validating for victims. As the representation contradicts historical notions of insanity etc. associated with trauma and mental illness - Jude is capable of happiness, but perhaps never fully? Not sure where I sit on the ethics of it all... 

Heartbroken but so happy to have read it (I would love to see the play version of it too)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail