A Little Life

[ it's only appropriate that this is my first review as it's the first book that i started while on goodreads ]

i wanted to like this. i really did. it was recommended by a youtuber for someone looking for a book that helps with post-grad funk, but it helped very little with that. note: i listened to the audiobook rather than read a hard copy.

you can only suspend disbelief so much. while there are issues addressed in this book that do happen to people every day, it's unrealistic that the author prefaced 4 diverse and different friends but lumped all of the problems, trauma, and “bad stuff” onto one of those friends. as more traumatic events were added to this character's story, i found it harder and harder to hold interest.

this is a good book for someone looking to hear about a (very) fictional character's lifelong strife. this is not a good book for someone looking to perk up during a tough time.