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