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To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

16 reviews

diana_35's review

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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craftyanty's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

This is a beast of a book!  It's HEAVY in more ways than one. I'm pretty sure a good deal of it went over my head, and I didn't love the organization of it. In fact, I almost DNFed it during the second quarter, but ultimately, I'm glad I didn't. 

Once I began to see how the characters were connected, it began to make more sense.  The different perspectives on society over time were imaginative and well thought out. It's actually a very thought-provoking look at society and government that could make for some great discussion. I often wanted to highlight huge sections but didn't want to stop listening to do it. The audio narration was well-executed. 
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fkshg8465's review against another edition

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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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becksusername's review

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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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bell4trixx's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This is one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful books I’ve ever read. It’s not an easy read, but it’s beautifully written and really makes you think. Also it’s so jarring in a way because it’s dystopian but in such a realistic way that it’s really quite disturbing. Really makes you think but definitely a heavy read. Also my biggest complaint is a I hate  the cliffhanger it was left on. 
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aus10england's review

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

hanya you have such a way with too many words 
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jenni_sunderland's review

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dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

An intimidatingly massive book but the 3rd part made it so worth it. 
I usually hate books where the ending is vague and up to reader interpretation but the writing was too lovely, and I feel in love with Little Cats character 
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hollyenglish's review

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dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The writing is beautiful but ultimately I just found this book deeply frustrating. Go into this book knowing you will not get all the answers you might want. I also found the repeated character names across the stories added needless confusion. 
I think most reviews I've seen thought the second story was the worst one but that was probably my favourite. I much preferred the first two to the final story in the volume. Maybe I just wasn't ready to read about pandemics though! The author certainly does a good job describing a dystopian future. 
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donutlookaway's review against another edition

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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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emt's review

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adventurous challenging dark reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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