A review by _simplyrochelle
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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.
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