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lburks28 's review for:
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
dark
emotional
slow-paced
I’m conflicted on how to rate this book. The writing is beautiful, but deceiving and cruel.
This starts slowly and before you know it you are attached to all of the characters. You start to get hints at Jude’s past and once you start to think you know what happened, something even more terrible is revealed. Then you have happy moments to soften the blows before being submerged in sorrow once again.
Sometimes this felt unnecessarily tragic and even brutal. And yet Jude’s character is so incredibly human that it’s also poetic and lovely.
This starts slowly and before you know it you are attached to all of the characters. You start to get hints at Jude’s past and once you start to think you know what happened, something even more terrible is revealed. Then you have happy moments to soften the blows before being submerged in sorrow once again.
Sometimes this felt unnecessarily tragic and even brutal. And yet Jude’s character is so incredibly human that it’s also poetic and lovely.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment