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I tore through this 700+ page book, basically forsaking the rest of my life to keep reading. Really, almost nothing happens, but you just want to keep going, getting deeper into these people's lives. I loved Yanagihara's straightforward way of writing, even if the characters and plot occasionally became a little melodramatic.
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Every year I seem to read one 700+-page novel. This is the one for 2015. I just finished it and feel as if I’ve been on an emotional roller-coaster ride for the last few days. Whew! I won’t soon forget this one.
The book is about the lives of four young men who became friends in university and moved to New York to begin their careers. They are Willem Ragnarsson, a waiter and wanna-be actor whose family ranched in Wyoming; Malcolm Irvine, a biracial man from a wealthy family who is beginning his c ...more
The book is about the lives of four young men who became friends in university and moved to New York to begin their careers. They are Willem Ragnarsson, a waiter and wanna-be actor whose family ranched in Wyoming; Malcolm Irvine, a biracial man from a wealthy family who is beginning his c ...more
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