Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

Tan poca vida by Hanya Yanagihara

74 reviews

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

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Biphobia, Bullying, Dysphoria, Grief, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Car accident, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Child death, Toxic friendship, Violence, Torture, and Terminal illness

megque's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I love this gut wrenching, terribly upsetting book. It is very raw, human, and emotional. This book is about trauma and how trauma affects us so deeply in ways that can be healed, and in ways that can never be healed. This book puts to words what all of us feel sometimes but may not be able to describe. Feelings of the terror of receiving help, terror of the ones we love knowing what we are most ashamed of, but the themes of shame are the shame that are not the victims fault. Feelings of wanting to help so bad but not being able to because the recipient refuses to accept. Feelings of that complicated dynamic of needing someone but not being able to let them in. Feelings of truly being alone, but also feelings of those who understand each other the most and how that can alleviate the burden or being alive. I love this book so much. I love the way it makes me feel, cry, grieve, feel proud of the characters, relate to the characters. I love crying and grieving the characters in the book because I am crying and grieving everyone I see in them, including myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Torture, Addiction, Biphobia, Bullying, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Chronic illness, Rape, Self harm, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

DO NOT read this book if any of the content/trigger warnings are very real triggers or upsetting to you. It is not worth it if you are sensitive to the content and will be harmed by the content because it is very explicit.

seamoonstone's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

Reading this book is a disturbing, miserable experience. Overall, it seems to be an overwrought experiment in cruelty by the author—how much pain can you inflict on a person, in a world where literally everyone is a pedophile rapist and therapists are evil sadists, to make it impossible for them to heal. The moments of friendship were valuable, but the lengthy, explicit and overdone depictions of sexual assault and abuse were repulsive and obscene, and left me wondering how the author could imagine this, and frankly, why anyone would read this. This could have been a beautiful story of friendship, love and loss if the author (and publisher) had chosen to focus on the four men (the characters of colour—main characters initially—are nearly forgotten about ¼ of the way through, and there isn't a woman in sight) as they are in adulthood and through their years of friendship, and wasn't so intent on inflicting so much pain on one character that his self-loathing and

eventual suicide

is depicted inevitable. Do not read if you are struggling with suicidal ideation or self harm. Depression and mistreatment are not a death sentence. I would not recommend this book to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Vomit, Self harm, Torture, Trafficking, Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Ableism, and Eating disorder

prawdziwki's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-paced

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

0.5

o tym też nie chcę rozmawiać, bo mnie nie przekonacie // this is fucking awful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Death, Chronic illness, Ableism, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Biphobia, Transphobia, Homophobia, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Outing, Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical content, Classism, Racism, and Grief

hailsmars's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Biphobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

alevssia's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

1.5

800 pages of pure t0rture p0rn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Eating disorder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Just don’t read it.

helenadominick's review against another edition

Saw spoilers and also the book is so incredibly dark for no reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Biphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Trafficking, Confinement, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

emmadebussy's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

I cannot in good conscience recommend this book to anybody.
Those who share my insurmountable desire to read this book should anticipate the absolute worst upon reviewing the content warnings.
For those who want to read the majority of the most traumatic events in the book but end on a happy note, stop right before Section V, Chapter 2. Rip the rest of the pages out and burn them.

This being said, I would still describe A Little Life as a beautiful work of art. There are uplifting, touching moments and others that were gut wrenching and made me feel physically ill. While the term trauma-porn undoubtably applies to this story, it so accurately depicts the potential lasting impact of trauma, the non-linear processes of healing, and the internal dialogue of those dealing with severe depression and suicidal ideation.

I disagree with the criticism that this book is against therapy. I would argue that it accurately represents many people’s resistance to therapy, that it is not as helpful for those unwilling to openly participate in the process, and that it is not an immediate or complete fix for most people.

This story is realistic in how it presents sensitive subject matter, which is what makes it so upsetting to read, and difficult process after the fact. Its primary flaw is the very real damage it could cause for some readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Medical trauma, Stalking, Ableism, Biphobia, Body horror, Kidnapping, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Sexual violence against children was explicit but I personally did not find it >AS< graphic as non-sexual violence, and instances carried out against adults. Self harm and suicidal thoughts are described in detail.

lanid's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Abandonment, Trafficking, Blood, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gore, Medical content, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death, Dysphoria, Ableism, and Biphobia

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia and Biphobia