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A review by luajup
Uma Vida Pequena by Hanya Yanagihara
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
two days since i finished this book and still don’t know what/how to talk about it. not ready and honestly don’t think i will be able to be one day.
it’s now my favorite book and definitely best book i’ve read so far this year but it’s so devastating and so heartbreaking that i don’t feel like recommending this one for anyone, sincerely don’t know if it’s worth it even now even though i don’t regret meeting and learning about those dudes. what i can say is: i’ll NEVER forget Jude. And Willem, Harold, Andy.
i’ve learned so much about empathy and life, trauma, friendship, love but still wrecked me and coming from a place of a person who deals with mental health and knew that was not a easy reading i cannot say that i was not warned or prepared but it did not prevented me from being completely shattered after. so with that in mind i will have to say if you want to read it PLEASE DON’T i know it’s hard to do it but just don’t. it completely ruined me and my perspectives on life, i feel like i will never be truly happy the same way i was before reading this book, IT CHANGED ME. but if you still want to do it please be careful, check the trigger warnings, read it when you’re with a stable and healthy life/mind.
That’s all i can think about now, and i see him in everything.
it’s now my favorite book and definitely best book i’ve read so far this year but it’s so devastating and so heartbreaking that i don’t feel like recommending this one for anyone, sincerely don’t know if it’s worth it even now even though i don’t regret meeting and learning about those dudes. what i can say is: i’ll NEVER forget Jude. And Willem, Harold, Andy.
i’ve learned so much about empathy and life, trauma, friendship, love but still wrecked me and coming from a place of a person who deals with mental health and knew that was not a easy reading i cannot say that i was not warned or prepared but it did not prevented me from being completely shattered after. so with that in mind i will have to say if you want to read it PLEASE DON’T i know it’s hard to do it but just don’t. it completely ruined me and my perspectives on life, i feel like i will never be truly happy the same way i was before reading this book, IT CHANGED ME. but if you still want to do it please be careful, check the trigger warnings, read it when you’re with a stable and healthy life/mind.
That’s all i can think about now, and i see him in everything.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Outing
Moderate: Gore, Racism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail