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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
2.0
DNF page 663/813 (awful, i know)
988 is available 24/7 as a suicide prevention hotline. a necessity to throw that out there given this book’s context. concerning the book, yeah, no. nothing about this book was enjoyable for me. time simply doesn’t exist here, jude is a forest gump-type in a way brushed aside given his struggles, the latter half of the book repetitively blends together into a sequence of hearing jude’s tragic backstory being followed by a tragic present day happening, and the book’s synopsis detailing the relationship between four friends is very misleading. they’re all there but this is first and foremost a story about jude, from childhood until when i left off, which was around when he was 50 years old. i didn’t like the writing, either, even if it were to have a good story to back it up. sad art does not equate to good art. whoever loves this book i love that you love something but might i suggest mental health help and better media literacy. god. would not recommend unless you like redundant stories that are more upsetting than they are meaningful.
988 is available 24/7 as a suicide prevention hotline. a necessity to throw that out there given this book’s context. concerning the book, yeah, no. nothing about this book was enjoyable for me. time simply doesn’t exist here, jude is a forest gump-type in a way brushed aside given his struggles, the latter half of the book repetitively blends together into a sequence of hearing jude’s tragic backstory being followed by a tragic present day happening, and the book’s synopsis detailing the relationship between four friends is very misleading. they’re all there but this is first and foremost a story about jude, from childhood until when i left off, which was around when he was 50 years old. i didn’t like the writing, either, even if it were to have a good story to back it up. sad art does not equate to good art. whoever loves this book i love that you love something but might i suggest mental health help and better media literacy. god. would not recommend unless you like redundant stories that are more upsetting than they are meaningful.
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
4.0
it just gets better. a very tender look at all the complexities of love, betrayal, and memories. even better within this wonderful fairytale