avamccluer 's review for:

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

5.0

sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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never been so connected and in love with characters in a book, never once have i cried about a book or its ending until a little life. i found myself thinking about jude and willem all the time, i feel like i have seen their whole lives, i know them. heartbroken by this book, it was incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt