leahholt_1806 's review for:

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

5.0

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

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This book was amazing! It was so beautiful and captivating the whole time and even though it was awfully depressing and traumatic and will probably haunt me forever, I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting

Minor: Forced institutionalization