captaincrabs52 's review for:

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

3.75

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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If you love stories of found family, depression, love, and loyalty you will probably like this book. There is a lot of trauma dumping and I’m unsure how the graphic descriptions contributed to this plot, but if you can look past that it’s a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail