corsha21 's review for:

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is very difficult to read because of how emotional it is. The writing is beautiful and very visionary, you can see the people and the places. A lot of characters and a lot of backstories which can be hard to keep up with but by the end you’re grateful that you got so much background. This has definitely changed my perspective on friendships and what makes a good friend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism