Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Little Life: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015 by Hanya Yanagihara

494 reviews

bronaghd07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Rape, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual violence, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Suicide, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug abuse, Abandonment, Drug use, Racism, and Alcohol

iamcarlib's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

3.5

Not a fan of her writing although I really liked the story. However so many things that were irrelevant to character building or plot were discussed on and on in detail, and then crucial character development was built up and dropped, or neglected entirely. The book ends up being so long with frivolous details and that you have a hard time remembering what's even happened and what's important. And the "mystery" is not so much suspenseful as it is infuriating. Especially when certain elements are never revealed at all after hours of hyping them up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Chronic illness, Incest, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child death, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, and Medical content

paulinskiii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

The book is incredibly written but sometimes boarders at trauma-porn. It shows everything and is sometimes frustrating to read because you love the characters and they struggle so much. All that is just because it is such a moving story and so well written. I kinda hate and love Hanya Yanagihara because she definitely did not make me cry „a little“ but multiple times. She created characters you can only care about and learn a lot from. That said it’s not for the faint hearted and I only recommend readying it when you’re emotionally stable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Mental illness, Violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Self harm, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicide, Eating disorder, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Child death, Physical abuse, and Gore

Minor: Infidelity and Infertility

slaggyrat's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Rape, Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Self harm, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicide, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Sexual violence

eleanorrosecugal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual content, Death, Self harm, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Gore

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

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

3.0

Technically a very well written book, carefully crafted characters, a study of a life.
The actual plot makes it so hard for me to rate this book.
It made me deeply emotional, but that doesn't make it "good". Stringing together tragedy after tragedy would make anyone feel something.

But maybe it's okay to portray a Person who doesn't get better. Ever. What gutted me the most was that all these years of kindness and love: Willem, Harold, Julia, Andy, Richard, JB, Malcolm, colleagues couldn't outweigh the horrible years that were his childhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Suicide, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Car accident, Trafficking, Death, Dysphoria, Rape, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Sexual content, and Gore

vmiranda's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Child abuse, Sexual content, Death, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

maximbouch's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Self harm, Gore, Rape, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

fkshg8465'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

5.0

 OMG. I wished so much for this book to go on and on forever, because I think it’s pretty obvious how it will eventually end, and I desperately wanted it to keep going - for him to keep going - for me to keep going. I felt like there were parts of the protagonist that were mirrors of how I feel about me some days, and I really needed him to save me. Be forewarned. Tons of triggers. Blown away by this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Medical content, Rape, Grief, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Bullying, Vomit, Death of parent, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

meemzala'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Self harm, Gore, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood