A review by evax89
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

dark sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

made me feel like i was going to vomit the first half of the book, the other half i was just wanting it to be over. I understand that these stories need to be told but then on the other side, what did i take away from it? what did i learn? As Andrea Long Chu in her Article for “The Vulture” wrote: “The book’s omniscient narrator seems to be protecting Jude, cradling him in her cocktail-party asides and winding digressions, keeping him alive for a stunning 800 pages. This is not sadism; it is closer to Munchausen by proxy.”
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