Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Tan poca vida by Hanya Yanagihara

888 reviews

catsandbeets's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Suicide, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Mental illness, Homophobia, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Chronic illness

feral_andro's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad 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

3.25

tw: suicide

minor spoilers

I did not particularly like this book and don't understand why so many people do. The writing was not immersive for me -- instead of showing the reader who the characters are, all we get are endlessly long descriptions of the author telling us. I typically really enjoy dense writing, but it was not beautiful or original prose.
As for content, I still don't know how I feel about it. As someone who has experienced abuse, I just don't see Jude's internalization of it as realistic. Yes, there are elements of realism,  but I think the degree to which he has internalized what he experienced is dramatized in the extreme and somehow takes away from the experiences of real abuse survivors .... though I have not yet been able to find the words to describe why I feel this.
(Possibly because in the end we're just supposed to accept that some people are too broken to be "saved" and are just destined to die. And as someone who has been suicidal before, I don't like this suggestion at all.)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Self harm, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Child abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Acephobia/Arophobia, Dysphoria, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

oddgreyhound's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

read the trigger warnings.. it’s a good book, but it can be really hard to read, so don’t force yourself through it. 
It has hills and valleys, and more of one than another, but it made me love the characters. It’s long, but i think it’s not too long. fitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Dementia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

ecw47's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Drug use, Eating disorder, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Body shaming

mikom10's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Rape, Self harm, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Trafficking, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Drug use

queerhoney's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Self harm, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Body shaming, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexual violence, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Cancer

samlv's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.5

Starts out really slow but once you get through the first 200 or so pages the pace increases and more of the plot is revealed. This is when the character development really starts 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Body horror, and Car accident

Minor: Confinement, Medical content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Outing, Drug use, Body shaming, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, and Gaslighting

punishercoded's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

i will spend forever thinking about how cruel the world was to jude st francis 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual assault, Body horror, Child death, Pedophilia, Violence, Vomit, Ableism, Car accident, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

peppyb'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Grief, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Suicide, Body shaming, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Biphobia and Infidelity

silviasala's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.25

POSSIBILI SPOILER!
Il libro è scritto benissimo. E' una poesia di 700+ pagine, e mi piace molto come il linguaggio e la narrazione si adattino al personaggio: evocativa e colorata per JB, una sorta di lettera per Harold... 
Detto ciò, possiamo passare ai lati negativi:

• Innanzitutto, è altamente irrealistico. I quattro personaggi principali lavorano in campi super competitivi dove è difficilissimo spiccare ma, pensa un po' te, sono tutti super successfull, al top, mega ricchi e rispettati. E poi sono super belli, soprattutto Jude, che è iper mega bellissimo per tutti tranne che ai suoi occhi (-.-")
• Questa "irrealisticità" va a mischiarsi con una pornografia del dolore che è il fil rouge del libro. Per esempio, ad Harold e Liesl muore il figlio, che già di per sé è una situazione iper tragica; ciò non basta però, perché deve morire di un morbo rarissimo che gli fa perdere gradualmente i sensi e la mobilità per trasformarlo in un bambolotto atrofizzato: nella mia modesta opinione, non necessario
• E questi due punti vanno a mischiarsi nella storia di Jude, traumatica e irrealistica alla n e, onestamente, l'unico motivo che mi ha spinto a finire il libro (scoprire il suo "mistero", per essere chiari). E' una storia innegabilmente drammatica, su questo siamo tutti d'accordo; è talmente drammatica da risultare così poco credibile e impedirti di provare empatia per lui. Sto povero cristo per 15 anni viene abusato - sessualmente, fisicamente, psicologicamente - nel peggiore dei modi; riesce a riscattarsi, incontra amici che stanno con lui per la vita, viene adottato. Rinuncia all'intimità di una relazione perché non si sente a suo agio finché non incontra Caleb, che, pensa un po' te, lo abusa andando a toccare tutti i suoi nervi scoperti: assolutamente poco credibile. Non penso di essere una persona poco empatica, ma mi sono trovata a metà libro a sperare che Jude finalmente morisse, per togliere il peso a tutti i poveri cristi che aveva intorno
• Infine, una nota un po' petty: cosa spinge una donna a scrivere un libro dove la presenza femminile è relegata ai margini?

Penso che sia chiaro che, PER ME, questo libro è una perdita di tempo, che ti chiede molto più di ciò che alla fine ti dà indietro.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicide