A review by staci_stasis
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I think Yanagihara could have written a beautiful story about different forms of love (romantic, fraternal, paternal...). Instead she chose to make up a guy and absolutely fucking go at him for 800 pages. Would still have rated it higher if there had been one loveable character besides Harold. Also interesting choice to write one (1) woman into this thing but not give her a single character trait. Nice prose tho.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings