A review by wecutthenight
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

5.0

This took me a month to read. Usually I can finish a book in a matter of days but this took a while because of its really heavy content. Albeit I read and finished other books while this one lay incomplete, it still gets a 5 stars from me. I am a sucker for a sad story and this one most certainly delivered. For the last 50 pages I was just crying my eyes out. Literally sobbing. I would never recommend anyone to read this. I would never suggest to inflict the same pain this caused me, however, this is a literary masterpiece and one of my favourite books.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Death of parent, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Violence