A Little Life

I have so many mixed feelings about this book. It is a heavy read. Not only because it's over 700 pages, but also the topics discussed. I found myself intrigued in the beginning, absolutely hating it in the middle, and sobbing at the end.

+ The feeling of really having been on a journey, having witnessed the life of Jude.
+ The topic of male friendships, the emotional side of it.
+ The normalcy of LGBT characters.
+ The way mourning was handled.
+ The way it slowly is revealed what happened in Jude's past
+ I like the writing style

- While gay characters where just a fact, not a novelty. There was a kind of doomed to be sad or die if you are gay. This trope makes me roll my eyes.
- Jude saying I'm sorry thousands of times
- Caleb. Really. Wtf was that. I hated this part because this did feel like I was being emotionally manipulated.
- The improbability of how much abuse happens to Jude. I mean it was really shit upon shit upon shit.
- The improbability of everyone being rich, well off, jetting of to all corners of the earth like it's nothing
- Everyone enabling Jude.
- The death of Willem was kind of cliche.
- The switching of POV without warning was confusing.