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A review by krida
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
3.75
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Hanya Yanagihara wrote Jude's character with one goal in mind: winning the oppression olympics.
I cannot count the amount of times I had to put the book - kindle lol - down and leave the room. I have come across this book and read excerpts of it before but always always put off reading this because who in their right mind would subject themselves to this mental torture? WHO? (me, lols)
In one word, this book is DISTRESSING. Highly highly distressing. Distressing and all its synonyms. Best to check all the TWs of this book (and there are plenty) before reading. Matter of fact, just don't read it. There are plenty of other beautifully written and well-executed stories like these sans the violence.
It is so alarmingly violent I had to take several minutes to steel myself for the next scenes. At some point, I asked myself, isn't this exploitative? It felt like (and is) trauma p*rn. It is just scene after scene, unrelenting.
Detracting from the obvious themes of this book I also found it, inadvertently, centering on the effects of being in a toxic, all other factors considered, relationship. It is a reflection on the exhaustion and work that comes with loving someone who is so deeply ill (who also seems to not want to get better). See: Jude's friendships and relationships.
Hanya Yanagihara wrote Jude's character with one goal in mind: winning the oppression olympics.
I cannot count the amount of times I had to put the book - kindle lol - down and leave the room. I have come across this book and read excerpts of it before but always always put off reading this because who in their right mind would subject themselves to this mental torture? WHO? (me, lols)
In one word, this book is DISTRESSING. Highly highly distressing. Distressing and all its synonyms. Best to check all the TWs of this book (and there are plenty) before reading. Matter of fact, just don't read it. There are plenty of other beautifully written and well-executed stories like these sans the violence.
It is so alarmingly violent I had to take several minutes to steel myself for the next scenes. At some point, I asked myself, isn't this exploitative? It felt like (and is) trauma p*rn. It is just scene after scene, unrelenting.
Detracting from the obvious themes of this book I also found it, inadvertently, centering on the effects of being in a toxic, all other factors considered, relationship. It is a reflection on the exhaustion and work that comes with loving someone who is so deeply ill (who also seems to not want to get better). See: Jude's friendships and relationships.