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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

1922 reviews

kaseyalmo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

aimyob's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

m_jepspersen's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

jackieroybal's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

This book made me genuinely sob the first time I read it. I remember exactly where I was when I finished reading. I think about this novel all the time, quite possibly one of the best books I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol

anh_read's review

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? Yes

4.25

Although I enjoyed reading this novel, I couldn’t recommend this book to anyone. So please check out the trigger warnings as there graphic and explicit description of many very traumatic events. 

I wish this book would have explored more on the friendship between Jude, Willem, JB and Malcom. But as the story progressed, the latter two characters vanished to the background, and the focus was very much on Jude, his traumatic past and its effects/consequences. Furthermore, the end was predictable, and due to all the sheer number of traumatic events and their very graphic descriptions, I felt rather numb about everything towards the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Car accident, and Abandonment

williamchenjun's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

idavonoldenburg's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

tyhames's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

hannahzeeklein'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

4.5

This novel is exceptionally well-written, though certain plot points and emotional arcs are a bit belabored. At 814 pages, very little actually happens, so prospective readers should only pick this up if they crave a nuanced, painfully detailed character study that spends several decades. Readers beware: this book contains graphic descriptions of self harm and an incredible amount of suicidal ideation. It’s also almost entirely void of nuanced female characters.  (Every woman in A LITTLE LIFE is predominantly defined as a wife or girlfriend or mother).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

Minor: Homophobia, Vomit, and Medical content

v_hing's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail