kierstensn 's review for:

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
4.0

UGH. While there were many aspects about this book (books?) that I enjoyed, and even loved, I detest unresolved endings. I want an ending that feels “finished.” Each time a book concluded, I was desperate for just one more page, one more chapter.

In my mind, nothing could ever compare to “A Little Life.” While not as depressing as Hanya Yanagihara’s bestseller, “To Paradise” was gut-wrenching in an entirely different way.

The use of the same character names throughout really irritated me at first, but by the end, I grew to enjoy it. There were definitely points where the overlapping names and themes confused me a bit, but I almost liked to think there was some connection between the characters across hundreds of years.

Book One: ⭐️⭐️⭐️