ewshtin 's review for:

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
3.75
dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

look i really love hanya’s prose. i find the long run on sentences and em dashes and parentheticals oddly comforting. i think this narrative is well crafted. i enjoyed the handful of character names that got passed from book to book; it’s about legacy and lineage. first two books could have been trimmed down, and i loved loved the third book. i think it’s troubling how hanya loves to kill gay men in her novels.