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Coco

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Joined 1 year, 9 months ago

5 loved it 4 liked it 3 okay or ambivalent 2 meh 1 didn't like it

@dagat on goodreads, since I couldn't import all book reviews from there

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Hanya Yanagihara: Little Life (2015, Pan Macmillan) 4 stars

Review of 'Little Life' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

it was a veryyy long read for me (2 years, switched to audio for the last two thirds).

The appeal of the book I guess is that it's a very tragic fairy tail where the reader is allowed to fully absorb all the presented suffering and dissolve in it.
I guess that was the reason why I had a hard time reading it. The writing is so good, like really good but it felt a lot of times like a chore because of the many episodes and throw backs of such extreme emotions.

Other than that, I just didn't really like the setting and I didn't (want to ?) relate to the characters and their specific views on careers and class and their ways of relating to each other.

It was a good challenge and exercise for endurance and curiosity. And I do feel kind of accomplished finishing it hahaha …