sootlamb 's review for:

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

4.75

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A book that I thoroughly enjoyed but at the same time reading about the protagonists history was just too intense/too much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail