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dani_turner 's review for:
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have heard people say that this is trauma porn. and i have heard people say it’s devastatingly life changing literature. i think it’s neither of these things. i think it is dreary, and frustrating. i think the horrors within it are awful and difficult to read, but aren’t commodified as many have claimed. however. these horrors are just that. horrors. personally, i did not find them sad. in saying that. my eyes passively wept tears for the entirety of the final four chapters. if we were just discussing these final four chapters, i agree it is devastatingly life-changing literature. but you have to get through hundreds of pages of a (honestly) mediocre book about a very traumatic life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Car accident