A review by rebeccarjallen
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

I really started to struggle with this book about half way through, it's much longer than I'd usually go for, and I found the main characters to be increasingly unlikeable. This is such a beautifully, emotionally, truthfully written book though, and I wonder if it deliberately took us to the edge to them bring us back for one of the most emotional final quarters of a book I've ever read.