A review by whatchapterareyouon
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This was an emotionally tense book that will stay with me for a very very long time. Amazing writing. Reasons it is not a 5⭐️:
1) Not all the characters were developed fully. We started with four but we kind of end up with two. 
2) Still conflicted as to whether or not it is ‘trauma porn’ and the objective of the writing 
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