A review by catolaeclectica
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book crushed my spirit and I genuinely don’t know what to do with myself.

I wrote more well-constructed thoughts on my blog if you´d like to check it out:

https://catolaeclectica.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-little-life-una-pequena-vida-hanya.html 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Fatphobia, Racism, and Vomit