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A review by b00ksb4ppl
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
3.0
I read this bc TikTok told me to. I love a devastating story but this was just unnecessary.
Everyone (me included) crying and having intense emotional responses to the story- like yeah I’d hope so. That does not make it a good book. Creating a character and having horrific things happen to him to illicit an emotional response is not impressive IMO.
3 stars still bc I was invested in Willem and Harold, sometimes Andy.
I would not recommend this book though.
Everyone (me included) crying and having intense emotional responses to the story- like yeah I’d hope so. That does not make it a good book. Creating a character and having horrific things happen to him to illicit an emotional response is not impressive IMO.
3 stars still bc I was invested in Willem and Harold, sometimes Andy.
I would not recommend this book though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Self harm
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail