A Little Life

Winner of The Kirkus Prize, A Man Booker Prize Finalist, and A National Book Award Finalist, A Little Life was named One of the Best Books of the Year. 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...show more

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832 pages

Average rating: 8.11

390 RATINGS

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sarcasticgrl
Mar 22, 2024
9/10 stars
Ugh! My heart. I am so beautifully broken. I needed this read, not only because it had been on my TBR for a long time, but I needed the substance. I needed a book that made me stare at a wall for 10 minutes without words when it was over. Characters so real that you can see them, feel them, and care for them. It was brutal but gorgeous in the execution. It could have been so crass, but it was careful. It was gentle. Would I recommend this b...read more
@MissLitLife
Mar 17, 2024
9/10 stars
I do not often find myself dumbstruck but it is difficult to know where to begin on how to review this read...as a reader, it was a deeply intense and immersive experience - one that was solemn and troubling as well as captivating and addictive. There are very few characters in literature that I have come across that are such an enigma - so elusive and yet so endearing as Jude St. Francis - whose combination of sorrowfulness and in spite of such ...read more
Blair7
Mar 11, 2024
9/10 stars
The detail in this book is astounding. While I tired of some of the descriptions, like street names and Jude’s every day agony, I appreciated it nonetheless. Yanagihara successfully captured life with all of it horrors and some of its beauties. I didn’t feel like a voyeur but instead like I was each of the characters with personality traits I could completely relate to. As someone who struggles with a panic disorder, Jude’s reactions to his life ...read more
Imveryforgetful
Feb 28, 2024
7/10 stars
Unnecessarily long. Didn’t live up to the Tik Tok hype for me. I didn’t shed a single tear but it was a decent story. Great job with the ending. I really enjoyed maybe the last 5 pages.
Judie
Feb 03, 2024
6/10 stars
Mmmm, unsure how I feel about this book. It was very hyped up on booktock. I need to ruminate for a while…

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