Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

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

1594 reviews

loto27'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? Yes

5.0

Not for the faint of heart! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, and Abandonment

hannahdavis0203'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lizschultz24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Death of parent

alice_appleby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

sadie_g's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

An incredible and devasting story. 

Still processing this but it was so beautiful and it will be something I think of many many times. Especially this quote: "And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him."

One of my main takeaways was how this book highlights the importance of friendship and found family throughout your life. The characters and the relationships are so fully formed and it feels as if these could be real people. Throughout the book we get different timelines and it changes perspectives which helps you to truly understand each character and their relationships. I feel like this quote encapsulates this: "Wasn't friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely?"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Toxic friendship

mmhorstmann's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

Sensational and truly the saddest book I’ve ever read. It took about 75 pages to get the hang of how it is written; it is always shifting point of view and point in timeline with no indication. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

swenja'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

5.0

I never cried this much in my entire life 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Vomit

renardthefox's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

rach_telf's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

jackrob8's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail