A review by len_schaller
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

- emotional, gripping, affecting, hard to put down
- questionable obsession with queer suffering 
- reinforces stereotypical connection between homosexuality and pedophilia
- author's presence in the text felt too strong and ubiqutous
- the unfolding of their lives feels hard to believe
- lack of strong female characters