A review by bespokecompost
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

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

4.0

Hard to know what to say about this, well-written, compelling, and awful in equal parts, I haven’t felt drawn in by a book like this in a while but it was mostly just to see how much more Dr. A Norton Perina could tell on himself before the end. Esme didn’t deserve any of this. I don’t think I would recommend this to anyone going in completely blind like I did, but it was very good.
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