A review by jdonahue13
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.25

It was so good for such a long time. It practically had a spell over me and then one plot decision snapped me it of it. But the last chapter was incredibly poignant and the whole book is beautifully written it was still a worthwhile read, it was just a bit of a let down when the spell was broken (and maybe I’m being even more harsh than I would have been if the book wasn’t so good to begin with, so there’s that. Also I know everyone says this but definitely look at the trigger warnings before reading. I don’t have personal experience with this content and it was still an incredibly harrowing read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Dementia and Outing