A review by racheldeng
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Did not finish book. Stopped at 79%.

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.75

such a good book. not as sad as i expected but it hurts especially in dear comrade and lispenard st II. honestly so so good, so graphic and violent and traumatic but made me feel something really true. it took a while for me to read it because it is very slow paced but still gripping and the book can be confusing but it’s worth it. you have to read this book but please check trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit