gymnesa 's review for:

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is heavyyyy. I was drawn in immediately though. You’ll soon fall in love with the characters and there friendship. However book does hit home sometimes and not always in a good way. I had high expectations and book definitely met them. Not a book I would recommend because it is very graphic and traumatic but also not a book I wouldn’t recommend. So proceed at your own risk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment

Just be prepared