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A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
DNF @ 61%
When I started reading this highly recommended what they call "torture porn", I thought I knew what I was getting myself into. But oh boy! I did not expect to experience what I did - this book made me feel a lot of emotions; anguish, grief, anger, vulnerability, and happiness (a few times). I wanted to give up reading at 40% but I kept getting back to it in the hopes that things will get better for the protagonist. Finally on Pg.426, I gave up. I realized it DOES NOT get better.
The emotional rollercoaster while reading this book is quite unnecessary and frankly, not at all recommended. I thought I was reading a book about friendship, and while it does have some great writing and explains it beautifully in some places, it's mostly a book on child rape, abuse, abandonment and a really really broken man. It's a sick book and a societal hazard :/
If you want to maintain your mental health, do not read. I need to now go rehab by reading some chick-lits!
When I started reading this highly recommended what they call "torture porn", I thought I knew what I was getting myself into. But oh boy! I did not expect to experience what I did - this book made me feel a lot of emotions; anguish, grief, anger, vulnerability, and happiness (a few times). I wanted to give up reading at 40% but I kept getting back to it in the hopes that things will get better for the protagonist. Finally on Pg.426, I gave up. I realized it DOES NOT get better.
The emotional rollercoaster while reading this book is quite unnecessary and frankly, not at all recommended. I thought I was reading a book about friendship, and while it does have some great writing and explains it beautifully in some places, it's mostly a book on child rape, abuse, abandonment and a really really broken man. It's a sick book and a societal hazard :/
If you want to maintain your mental health, do not read. I need to now go rehab by reading some chick-lits!