A review by cannesi
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Honestly I debated 5 stars because some of it was so tough to get through. My main point of issue was how it didn’t ever explicitly say whose pov it was. I liked that you could tell the characters were successful but not in an obnoxious way. It really gave the story life so see these friends from 20-50 and the different paths people take. I find it much more believable with how things turned out because Jude stayed true to his character the entire time. Even when people tried to tell him how much he mattered, it was never enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury