A review by dune1984
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This book is tremendously sad, but very well written. There is LGBTQ+ representation, but in a strange way that isn't usual for an LGBTQ+ book. Not good for representation, and no major female characters either, and the canon black characters are not on the center stage. Despite this, it is a very good book that will affect you very deeply. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Cancer