A review by mari_vangberg
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Easiest 5⭐️ I have ever given. This book and these loveable characters will stay with me for a long time (probably forever), and it was such a beautiful and brutally painful story to read. A Little Life is a heavy book (in every sense of the word), but I did not find a single redundant word throughout its 814 pages. Truly a masterpiece!

Please look up the TWs for this book before reading it though, because there are a lot of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Abandonment, Medical content, Death, Kidnapping, Suicide, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Drug use, Dysphoria, Grief, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Sexual content, Ableism, Chronic illness, and Death of parent