Reviews tagging 'Rape'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

3063 reviews

chamuzca's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Drug use, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Rape, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

saturnreturns's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

💔💔💔💔💔 
There's never a day that goes by that I have never thought of Jude after finishing this book. Safe to say, this has scarred me for life but I loved every bit of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Self harm, Gore, Sexual harassment, and Pedophilia

matildaesandell's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

This book is stunning. I don’t know for sure yet if this is a 5 star, I need to sit with my thoughts and feelings. Some parts I found quite slow and I was losing interest, but then they’d hit you with something big which redeemed those moments and sometimes even had me turning back. 

Some quick notes on things I liked the most: 
•The way you sometimes had to figure out for yourself who’s POV you were in
•The way things are alluded to at the start of the book and you slowly slowly receive the information you want
•The intense conversations and chapters, with their light comedic relief-specifically one chapter where Willem is talking about the different environments and whiplash, and Jude says “So I am NZ” 
•The way this book makes you feel something. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Torture, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

npmgreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Physical abuse

ball's review against another edition

dark sad

• 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

This book really taught me the difference between a well written book and a good book.
Because even though this book is written well, I wou dn't recommend it to my worst enemy.
I don't understand why so many people anjoyed this book. Never in my life did I cry whilr reading a book from actual terror of never ending terrible descriptions. 
And for what?

So at the end the author could scribble something about kindness even though it was all Harold gave Jude, and still he killed himself. 
So how being kind help? The only conclusion to draw from this book is maybe - everything is hopeless and nothing can be helped 
Or - don't rape children 
Noted, didn't need a whole 800 paged book for that.
So someone who genuinely enjoyed this book please explain why to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Rape

Very hard graphic descriptions

themrshedrick816's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.0

From the reviews I’ve read you either love this book or you hate it. Hate is a strong word, but I really didn’t like this book. It was traumatic and sad and every time you thought it was looking up and happy things were happening, nope, sad and traumatic again. I read another review that said the Author was intentionally giving the main character an awful life and that was the point of the book. I don’t think I would have loved it if there had been a happy ending but the self-sabotage and heartbreak throughout was just too much for me. If you like sad emotional reads, give it a try but I recommend anyone who reads this to look up and read the trigger warnings because there’s is a lot of them and they go into a lot of detail. I considered putting this on my DNF list and I regret that didn’t just quit because it wasn’t worth it for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Medical content, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

charlotte12345's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Chronic illness, Rape, Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual assault, Blood, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

xosevenusagbadan's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

What would compel someone to write such a horrific book. once you think it can’t get worse, cannot get sadder, the impossible happens 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Torture, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, and Medical content

taki_luvr'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

4.75

I have never read a book like this in my life. This book literally chewed me up and spit me the fuck out. The characters are so loveable and three dimensional, but each so flawed in such real ways. I found myself relating to, hating, and loving all of them at one point or another. A little life is definitely not for everyone. If you even think you might not be able to handle the intense content, it's not for you. But for everyone else, this is an incredible insight into the minds of such diverse characters. As for everyone who calls it trauma porn, I understand why they would say that, but I don't agree. All in all, I will definitely be reading this again at some point, and hopefully it won't take me as long to finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Rape, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Eating disorder, and Drug abuse

maddieleighg's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

TW! So dark but so good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Rape, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death