aliceintheland 's review for:

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The first part of this book is a solid 5. It is beautifully written and the characters are wonderful. But they never grow up. And what was sweet when they were in college was enabling and selfish in adulthood. I was so angry that by page 500 I was skimming.  I’m sure the remainder of the writing was beautiful but I just wanted to see how it would end. Even though I knew. And I now I regret the 800 pages.