A review by ccpetrikas
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book took me a week to read, only because it’s so heart wrenching and emotional. It’s a sad beautiful story that was so well written I had to put it down to cry and reflect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Rape, Vomit, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Car accident, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Islamophobia, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Adult/minor relationship