Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

670 reviews

antoneth's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

what the hell is this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

xiumillion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.5

This book is probably the most masochistic thing I've ever put myself through. It hurts to even think about it, so I'm not going to. Overall, beautiful story and beautiful writing. The cons are that it pretty much is torture p*rn like everyone says it is, at some points unrealistically so, and the timeline of the book is very hard to follow. I enjoy dark stories and I think they should be written, even if for no other purpose than to be dark. I do think this book took it a bit too far though. That aspect aside, it truly is an incredible book, and I already miss the characters dearly.

Please check trigger warnings before you read this book. If you have a trigger, it is probably in here 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Ableism, Car accident, Confinement, Eating disorder, Addiction, Gore, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Suicide

gabigw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

For me this book crossed the line from a beautiful, dark book to an almost exploitative exercise in extremism. While the prose is beautiful and I cared deeply about the characters, I wondered many times about the motivation of the author. Did she want to shed light on the trauma and injustice some people are forced to endure? Or did she want to make a spectacle of trauma and of queer relationships to create a book that would get people talking? Not talking about the issues, but about the book; and about her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Car accident, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

irishrose7777's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The description of the book is totally misleading. I expected a raw (and probably sad) story of friendships through the decades. Instead it’s like 90 pages of establishing friendships (I think Malcom literally got one chapter) and then 800 pages of trying to see how much unrealistic trauma the author could stuff into one character. It honestly got almost humorous with how many bad breaks one character could have in their life. I understand that the author was trying to create a really “tortured soul” type character but honestly it seems like she was just writing for shock value without actually moving the story forward. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Rape, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Ableism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Vomit, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gore, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

annesophiekeita's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i will never be able to recover from this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Death, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Rape, Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood

eve_hehehheheh's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Death, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

fktkaye's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Self harm, Grief, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

holliejoy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Stalking, Excrement, Addiction, Body horror, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicide, and Terminal illness

kh4dra's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Rape

bookf4iry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

3.75

no words. i have no idea why this book was written and at points it honestly feels like an exploitation of every single triggering topic you can think of. nonetheless it was beautifully written (sometimes too graphic) and has many quotable lines.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Blood, Death, Vomit, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship