A review by mixty
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

A raw and detailed written story that follows the lives, love and tragedies of four collage friends. This was truly a unique and beautiful novel that was so real, so mundane, so touching that I felt connected to the characters in ways I wasn’t expecting. It did take me a little bit to really get into it, and it is very fluffy and almost written like poetry in novel form so it’s hard to follow at points. But I think it’s a beautiful story about life and everything that comes with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Blood, Medical content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Body horror, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Mental illness, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt