4.0
A Little Life
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE
A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE
A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.
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“sobbing”
“I was really excited for this one, as it was really hyped up on the internet as well as bookshops. The heart wrenching and tragic story that brings everyone to tears. With the last part I agree, I had to sob several times - but there was no way around it. This book is horrible, it could’ve been so much better. Our main character Jude goes through so much cruelty and abuse, at some point it was just too much. The author does portray him as someone precious which she did well, I did take a liking to him. But she took that and wanted you in pain by just continuing with torturing him. It came to a point where it was just too much, which created some plotholes.
Additionally, it is promoted as a story about friendship and seemingly as a story with multiple main characters which was nowhere to be seen. It was about Jude and Willem, the others were barely relevant. I did like bits of the story, and the beginning of Jude‘s story was so well written and interesting, but at some point the writer lost me - Following the principle of quantity over quality. Plus, let me add that the Jude and Willem love story was so forced. It also made Willem terrible, the egoistic pushing of his desires was also disgusting to read, but this is a discussion for another day.
I could add a whole lot more and might be missing crucial pieces that effected my rating, but I am writing this after some time passed. Overall it played with my emotions and was just straight up cruel to read. Don’t get me wrong, the topics in this book are important and serious, but the execution was just not it. I am convinced only sadists enjoyed this one. All this commitment for nothing. IT PUT ME INTO A READING SLUMP! Thank you.”
“Ouch….. my mom told me this book should have a warning on it… she was right.
Beautifully written, absolutely devastating, gripping and heartbreaking.
It feels weird saying I loved it considering the feelings I’m going through after finishing it. But I really did love it.”Start a Book Club
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