This book was brilliant, but brutal. There are some very graphic parts, and an overwhelming sadness, akin to how I felt reading Khaled Hosseini's books, pervades the story. But if you can take it, it is totally worth your time. Apologies to the people in the NY coffee shop with me when I finished—ug...
*I am so behind with my reviews :( I actually finished this in December. Good thing I took notes! If you’re feeling a little too thrilled with your life and need to tone that shit down a bit then this book is the one for you. It’s basically 700+ pages of pain and anguish and intense self-loathing...
Given no choice is not a choice. Our authentic selves maybe can never be found. No matter how we got the way we became "the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return". What gives us our purpose and meaning especially when so often who we are becoming is out of our contr...
I can’t say enough about this book. It is a very intense, but extremely well-written 800+ page book that requires stamina and emotional strength to read and digest, but it is so well worth the time and effort as it treats a beautiful homosexual relationship with respect and does not get down into th...
This is an appalling and brilliant story of a talented but damaged lawyer who is unable to shake his worst conception of himself despite the love of those around him and the evidence of his own achievements. Ostensibly, it is the story of four college roommates who remain (more or less) life-long fr...
I'm going to take a shot at explaining this book and why I read it, so please be patient with me this one is not easy. There is no sunshine and light...no this one is filled with heartache and grief and the occasional glimmer of what is frequently a happiness tainted by pain and grief from shadows o...
Misery porn; I had high hopes for this one and while the first part of the novel was absolutely to my liking the rest of it was a mess.The writing style was over the top melodramatic, straight-forward and yet overemotional. The characters, on the other hand, were caricatured, unrealistic and underde...
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is an epic story of four men, Jude, Willem, J.B. and Malcolm; who meet in college and become lifelong friends. The book starts out giving point-of-views from each of the main characters but veers away from this as you get further in. In the end, I really felt that...
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