A review by lottevanelst
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

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

5.0

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