Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

74 reviews

em1339's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Rape

claireallisonwrites'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Addiction, Chronic illness, Gore, Domestic abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Medical content, Self harm, Trafficking, Ableism, Cursing, Eating disorder, Car accident, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Slavery, Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

lsdthoughts'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Abandonment, Dementia, Drug abuse, Ableism, Addiction, Sexual assault, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Toxic relationship

viv_ib'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

5.0

this book broke me....and even knowing that i'll read it again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Child abuse, Violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Medical trauma

chomperpupper's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.5

I wanted to be in so much pain that i couldn't even cry anymore . I wanted to know that it's okay that you'll never heal and you're still good enough you'll still be loved. At this heart of it it's about the sense of community that every wounded person needs .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Trafficking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

ladybergart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book broke my heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Car accident, Torture, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Child death, Chronic illness, and Suicide

spacebee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

This book is a pretentious and self important tome that offers nothing but trauma for 700+ pages. It is irresponsible and, a lot of the time, boring. I would not recommend this book to anyone, but especially those who have experienced any sort of trauma in their lives as this book exploits trauma and leaves you with nothing. There is no point to this book. It seems as if it was written for people who have never experienced trauma to have some sort of weird idealized and messed up experience of it. It is also harmful to LGBTQ folks as it reinforces many stereotypes and problematic ideas. 

I am sad that this is so lauded and won awards and I am sorry for anyone who has had to read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Body horror, Car accident, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

heather117's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Suicide, Trafficking, and Mental illness

teacim's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

elicia98'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Medical content, Racial slurs, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts