A Little Life: A Big Feeling
A critique of Hanya Yanagihara's novel
Why was it so popular?! Unrealistic, melodramatic, depressing, unrelentingly bleak, overly long – 800 pages of emotional torture-porn. What did we learn from it all? Friendship good, abuse bad? What a revelation! The author desperately tried to make me feel something, and I did: anger. I f***ing hate this book.
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Jenifer Nim
I’ve got a head full of stories and a hard drive full of photos; I thought it was time to start putting them somewhere.
I haven’t written anything for many, many years. Please be kind! 🙏
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OMG, I adore your honesty! And you are so passionate, I am trusting your judgment and won't buy it.
This book is on my shelf and now I WONT READ IT
"A Little Life" is not merely a book; it's an emotional odyssey that plunges readers into a deep well of feelings and leaves an indelible mark on the heart and mind. Hanya Yanagihara's masterpiece is a literary tour de force that navigates the complexities of human existence, traversing the spectrum of joy, pain, love, and despair with a breathtaking and often gut-wrenching honesty.
Wow, I love the candor. Very well written - I won't be picking this one up! 😂
Fabulous!!! Loved it!!!