the_autumn_reader 's review for:

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

5.0

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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First of all, OW. Secondly, I loved this book. The depictions of trauma and grief were extremely accurate and raw. I grew so attached to these characters over the span of the book, and I can’t describe how I felt reading this. It was beautifully written, and very hard to read but also incredible and so, so important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment

it’s mentioned a few times that Willem’s brother passed away from an illness