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A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

Start date: January 1, 2025

Finish date: January 31, 2025

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What Members Thought

May 05, 2015 Franzi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, own

Review will come in a few days. It was definitely something special!

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Aug 21, 2015 Juanita rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle

There's not much more I can say that's not already been voiced. This has got to be one of the, if not the, most heartbreakingly beautiful and depressing books I have ever read. Some of the prose is so achingly, beautifully descriptive, I almost couldn't bear it.

Self worth, self apathy, self redemption, fear and loathing, friendship (REAL friendship), love (romantic and not), acceptance are some of the central themes that run the course of this book, through these lives that intertwine.

I can't e ...more

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Jan 01, 2024 Monica Albright rated it liked it · review of another edition

I picked this up to read it several times and never got around to it until I was home with lots of time to read due to illness. I don't know why I waited so long. It is a good book. It is full of details and descriptions. The writing is excellent. Unfortunately, I had read several reviews before I began reading. I don't like to do that because I hear those reviews as I read. I often have unrealistic expectations. But I did enjoy the life long story of friendship, especially from the perspective ...more

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