RaveVoxI\'d give A Little Life all of the awards ... Yanagihara\'s prose is occasionally so stunning that it would stop me, pushing me back to the beginning of a paragraph for a second read. It\'s particularly dazzling when she visits the complicated mind and spirit of Jude, who becomes the axis on which the book\'s world turns. Indeed, A Little Life may be the most beautiful, profoundly moving novel I\'ve ever read. But I would never recommend it to anyone ... Some reviewers have questioned how realistic Yanagihara\'s depictions of the abuse and its aftereffects could be. But no book I\'ve read has captured as perfectly the inner life of someone hoarding the unwanted souvenirs of early trauma — the silence, the self-loathing, the chronic and aching pain ... The best novels point us back to something real — sometimes physical, but more often intellectual or emotional or even visceral ... Watching Jude, not being Jude, reflects wise editing, because Jude is a spectator too. He cannot control his memories — they control him ... Yanagihara\'s descriptions embodied my feelings ... Jude\'s inability to address his wounds compelled me to begin to address mine. His struggle to find his peace emboldened me to try to find mine.
