lilymaeve 's review for:

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
4.0

So so so conflicted on this book (books?), but I have been thinking/talking about it for so long and so consistently that clearly I loved it. It left me so frustrated but also forced me to make my own understanding of each of the characters and try to figure out who to trust. Many moments of the book felt as though the author was winking at you, drawing parallels to previous storylines or purposely hiding and revealing information very casually, which would fundamentally change your view of some relationship, or person, or event. When I wasn't reading, I was thinking about the characters and imagining their relationships and trying to understand themselves and their world.