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A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
READ TRIGGER WARNING'S FIRST BEFORE READING THIS BOOK!!
The fact that I am mentally scarred from this book for life is not okay. Jude completely broke my heart, I physically felt pain for him. My body would tense up and my skin would crawl in response to Jude's pain to himself. Mentally months later I am still processing.
I will say Hanya's writing style is really good and is what kept me reading. There were a lot of times that I wanted to stop reading because mentally I couldn't do it.
Despite how dark and depressing this book was, I still liked it a lot, but I wish it ended differently.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Gaslighting
Minor: Vomit, Abandonment