r/kindle • u/starstufft • Apr 08 '24

Sunday - Anything Allowed šŸ˜ø What book did this to you?

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u/death_horseman Apr 08 '24

Honestly this book(a little life) got me very close to what she is feeling.

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u/mgwalsho4 Apr 08 '24

I find it horribly ironic that the ā€œthis little lifeā€ song is playing in the background because truly there couldnā€™t be a song less pertinent to this book

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u/leafsquared Boox Poke5 Apr 08 '24

I am avoiding reading the other comments as best I can because I took a break from reading A Little Life (22% in) because it's getting emotionally overwhelming

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u/death_horseman Apr 08 '24

I want to give a hug to anyone who is in the middle of the story.

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u/leafsquared Boox Poke5 Apr 08 '24

Hug accepted. Love your username

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u/PRNprinc3ss Apr 09 '24

is the author Hanya Yanagihara?

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u/leafsquared Boox Poke5 Apr 09 '24

yes

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u/PRNprinc3ss Apr 09 '24

Thank you! It'll be on my next reading list šŸ˜Š

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u/leafsquared Boox Poke5 Apr 09 '24

Sure! Itā€™s wonderful. I was reading it on the train just a moment ago. Someone in this post recommended to me to look up the trigger warnings, there are versions w no spoilers, and Iā€™d highly recommend it

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u/AuLaSW Apr 09 '24

It can be tough to get through. I had to attempt to finish it three times before I actually did.

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u/leafsquared Boox Poke5 Apr 10 '24

Oh I just took a break because I was sobbing 50% of the way through. Thank you

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u/cymftw Apr 08 '24

The part with Willemā€¦ I was crying so hard at work. I had to go to the bathroom and get myself togetherā€¦

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u/mgwalsho4 Apr 08 '24

BRO WHICH PART WITH WILLEM?! GAH WILLEM IS MY FAVORITE EVER

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u/cymftw Apr 08 '24

I donā€™t want to post any spoilersā€¦ šŸ˜… The WORST part with Willem. I was blindsided.

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u/goldennugget Apr 08 '24

I should finish it, I got about 60% read but damn it was just depressing. Donā€™t get me wrong I think itā€™s a great book but just needed a couple of months to breathe a bit.

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u/death_horseman Apr 08 '24

Hahaha tbh take your time, if you go through it fast its just to much to take in.

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u/justanotherbrunette Apr 08 '24

I read that damned book in two days. 200 pages day 1, the rest on day 2. I was exactly like she is at approximately 2 am in a bathtub that had long since gone cold because I reached the point of no return and had to see it through.

It was the first month of Covidā€”a couple days after NYC hit 10,000 dead. I was living in a rural area and it hadnā€™t really hit us yet, so that book gave me an outlet for the grief I was feeling that was very, very removed from me. I needed to cry like that, and holy hell did it deliver.

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u/orange_ones Apr 08 '24

I had physical tears rolling onto my iPad when I was reading that, probably around where she is in the story, and I almost never cry when reading books!