mixty 's review for:

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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