Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

7 reviews

nicoleisalwaysreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

 A colossus that I think only Hanya Yanagihara could give us. A Little Life's strongest quality is the way it champions friendship and its complexities, but in To Paradise, she presents friendship as both necessary and a salvation while fickle and inconsistent. Her characters either can't decide if they believe in people, or their actions show that how we connect with and cherish people are all we have in common. The threads through the stories are that of love and its contours. We have romance, delusion, and disease. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Another sadly beautiful book, it is it a beautifully sad book?, by Hanya Yanagihara. Haunting. It’ll start with me a long time, just like A little Life. Grateful to have read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

becksusername's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

I'm crying in a coffeeshop.

I want to know if they made it to paradise - all of them. Even the first David, who was a spoiled brat. But especially Charlie

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

rachaelwho's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Could've used a firmer editor. Lots of unnecessary repetition, and a dickensian tendency to over-describe everything. Would've been more impactful, I think, at about a third shorter.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

qqjj's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

catesm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

kkulhannie's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War