A review by miwandie
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I’ll be thinking about Jude for the rest of my life, probably. 

Was a little egregious with some assumptions of different groups.

Also a little too violent towards the disabled for me, in a way that did not enhance the plot or character development.

Jude didn’t need his experiences sandblasted on his forehead in order to be understood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Grief, Car accident, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Ableism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Medical content, Self harm, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Terminal illness