A review by goodnightngo
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

i honestly went into reading this book expecting to be disappointed and bored. but i really enjoyed it. some parts are truly so difficult to get through, but this book is so impressive. i feel like i’ve personally lived about 100 little lives while reading this…. this is a modern day tragedy literally modern day shakespeare. its so long i cant even begin to explain everything i feel about it, but if you want to read it, do it and go into it with an open mind. 5 stars but i’ll probably not read this for about 7 years.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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