Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

27 reviews

mandi_lea's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

dativa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death

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

lunacueva's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

Increíble. Cautivador y atrapante.

Parte del interés del Paraíso es que no sabemos cómo es, o incluso si existe.

Así como, en vida, no podemos saber si existe un Paraíso, tampoco podemos conocer el final de las historias de David, Kiwika o Charlie: sus vidas como las conocen se acaban y este nuevo renacer —un nuevo renacer en el Paraíso— es inaccesible para los que estamos vivos. Es imposible saber el destino de los que ya no están. 

En estas tres historias tenemos tres protagonistas con situaciones precarias, quienes se enfrentan a la disyuntiva entre lo que podría ser una vida mejor (El Paraíso) y su vida actual, la cual no es muy prometedora. Tres viajes en mundos muy diferentes que, de alguna manera, laten de forma similar.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

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

rickle400's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

2.5

I’m always impressed with the underlying heart filled message of human tenacity that is so characteristic of this writer (and what called me back to her writing)  While this book continues to be true to that style, it is too long and lacks the depth I expected. The plot is very dragged out and some of the more complex details of world building needed more development in my opinion. For the length and patience required to complete this book im not sure I’d recommend :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, and War

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Child death, Rape, and Death of parent

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

donutlookaway's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Chronic illness and Homophobia

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Death of parent

monahed's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

megb64's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, and Death of parent