A review by fierymoon
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

where do i start from oh my god i just finished it, im crying like crazy

(i'll be honest this has been happening since part 5)

but this book. this fucking goddamn book. it was such a unique journey. the writing was just so. i still cant find a proper word for it. for the first time i enjoy a slow paced book and that pretty much speaks for itself. i loved how rawly written the characters are, how observant hanya is throughout the entire book. i agree with the observer when they said that this is "a devastating read that will leave your heart, like the Grinch's, a few sizes larger". definitely will come back to this book through, idc how long it will take me to recover from it (if i even recover at all), but it was so amazingly, beautifully, extraordinarily, heart wrenchingly, hopelessly devastating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Car accident

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Fire/Fire injury