lottevanelst 's review for:

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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Such a beautifully written and heartbreaking book. Had a hard time getting through it in the beginning but couldn’t put it away after a while. Too heavy and triggering to recommend to anyone. It made my cry so many times and at the end I couldn’t even breath properly out of emotion. 

The best book I’ve read this year. But too painful to recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Sexual harassment