Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

74 reviews

laurencesheedy's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

Jude :( so well written. A heavy book but a must read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

kathykat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Self harm, Body horror, Slavery, Rape, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

orangee's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual violence, Car accident, Child abuse, Trafficking, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

irishrose7777's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

The description of the book is totally misleading. I expected a raw (and probably sad) story of friendships through the decades. Instead it’s like 90 pages of establishing friendships (I think Malcom literally got one chapter) and then 800 pages of trying to see how much unrealistic trauma the author could stuff into one character. It honestly got almost humorous with how many bad breaks one character could have in their life. I understand that the author was trying to create a really “tortured soul” type character but honestly it seems like she was just writing for shock value without actually moving the story forward. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Bullying, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Rape, Self harm, Ableism, Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Gore, Death, Kidnapping, and Medical content

eve_hehehheheh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Death, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

stardustdreamer'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement

laurengeorgia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Child death, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Blood, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Abandonment, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Self harm, Trafficking, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

gjepps's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Rape, Pedophilia, Slavery, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Grief, Death, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

jeffrey's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Car accident, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Physical abuse, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Slavery

alyssatuininga's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

The most beautiful, painful, heartbreaking, raw book I have read in a really long time. It will be with me for so long.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Slavery, Rape, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts