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A colossus that I think only Hanya Yanagihara could give us. A Little Life's strongest quality is the way it champions friendship and its complexities, but in To Paradise, she presents friendship as both necessary and a salvation while fickle and inconsistent. Her characters either can't decide if they believe in people, or their actions show that how we connect with and cherish people are all we have in common. The threads through the stories are that of love and its contours. We have romance, delusion, and disease.

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Increíble. Cautivador y atrapante.

Parte del interés del Paraíso es que no sabemos cómo es, o incluso si existe.

Así como, en vida, no podemos saber si existe un Paraíso, tampoco podemos conocer el final de las historias de David, Kiwika o Charlie: sus vidas como las conocen se acaban y este nuevo renacer —un nuevo renacer en el Paraíso— es inaccesible para los que estamos vivos. Es imposible saber el destino de los que ya no están.

En estas tres historias tenemos tres protagonistas con situaciones precarias, quienes se enfrentan a la disyuntiva entre lo que podría ser una vida mejor (El Paraíso) y su vida actual, la cual no es muy prometedora. Tres viajes en mundos muy diferentes que, de alguna manera, laten de forma similar.

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challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Another sadly beautiful book, it is it a beautifully sad book?, by Hanya Yanagihara. Haunting. It’ll start with me a long time, just like A little Life. Grateful to have read it.

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rickle400's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I’m always impressed with the underlying heart filled message of human tenacity that is so characteristic of this writer (and what called me back to her writing) While this book continues to be true to that style, it is too long and lacks the depth I expected. The plot is very dragged out and some of the more complex details of world building needed more development in my opinion. For the length and patience required to complete this book im not sure I’d recommend :(

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I'm crying in a coffeeshop.

I want to know if they made it to paradise - all of them. Even the first David, who was a spoiled brat. But especially Charlie

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challenging dark sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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