A Little Life

Quite possibly the worst book I have ever read. But I did read the whole thing because it was almost unbelievably bad and I wanted to see if it might redeem itself. But no. It's florid and overwritten, with melodrama dripping from every page. The book sets an insurmountable record for the number of times the characters say “I'm sorry” to each other. They should be apologizing to the reader. There was almost nothing about the book that was even believable. It should have been titled “A Tedious Life.”