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A review by ball
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
dark
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
This book really taught me the difference between a well written book and a good book.
Because even though this book is written well, I wou dn't recommend it to my worst enemy.
I don't understand why so many people anjoyed this book. Never in my life did I cry whilr reading a book from actual terror of never ending terrible descriptions.
And for what? So at the end the author could scribble something about kindness even though it was all Harold gave Jude, and still he killed himself.
So how being kind help? The only conclusion to draw from this book is maybe - everything is hopeless and nothing can be helped
Or - don't rape children
Noted, didn't need a whole 800 paged book for that.
So someone who genuinely enjoyed this book please explain why to me
Because even though this book is written well, I wou dn't recommend it to my worst enemy.
I don't understand why so many people anjoyed this book. Never in my life did I cry whilr reading a book from actual terror of never ending terrible descriptions.
And for what? So at the end the author could scribble something about kindness even though it was all Harold gave Jude, and still he killed himself.
So how being kind help? The only conclusion to draw from this book is maybe - everything is hopeless and nothing can be helped
Or - don't rape children
Noted, didn't need a whole 800 paged book for that.
So someone who genuinely enjoyed this book please explain why to me
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Rape
Very hard graphic descriptions