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Originally Posted by seanyyz
“A Little Life” by Hanya somebody. Do not read. You have been warned.
Most of the 700 page book is taken up with the author physically torturing what seems to be the lead character. I got about 600 pages through before I gave up. So many people had liked it that I thought it must have some redeeming features. Nope. And a big chunk of the book is the author’s appropriation of gay men’s experience. As a member of that community that bothers me after a while.
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Holy crap! This novel by
Hanya Yanagihara has gotten an
INCREDIBLE amount of praise, press, recognition, etc.
Thank you for mentioning this book, (even though you didn't care for it).
After reading the complete sample on Amazon, and going through a LOT of reviews there, and then seeing that there have been 83,524 people who have rated it, I went ahead and
BOUGHT THE DAMN THING!