A review by charlymeyer
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is the first time I’ve cried at a book in a while. It was really great, but honestly but too slow paced for my liking. That’s just my personal preference though. I kept having to put down because of how frustrated or shocked I got at times. Overall a very moving but challenging book. Contains lots of TWs and very graphic at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit