A review by word_slinger
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is difficult to get into, but once you do all bets are off. It took me 50 pages to get caught up in the characters, and then I couldn’t put it down. There are hundreds of trigger warnings and some have called this book “trauma porn,” but I think that does it an injustice. Are there a lot of really difficult moments? Yes. But those moments all show the connections between people and the way in which life, death, love and everything else are part of the human experience. The writing devastatingly beautiful. 
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