A review by callanisreading
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

After they meet in college, Jude and his three closest friends prove inseparable; in the decades that follow, the quartet navigates relationships that shift in the wake of fame, pride, and trauma. Jude weathers years of quiet strife, his happiness at odds with a past that haunts and, he feels, defines him. In compelling prose, Yanagihara chronicles a lifetime of love and unspeakable cruelty in this punishingly sad tome. 
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