I read A Little Life and absolutely hated it. It was promising in the beginning and then devolved into pointless torture porn that just dragged on for hundreds of pages. I do however feel like it could have been good and I find it endlessly frustrating that it was not. The themes of friendship and trauma were interesting and I really do like the concept of a character whose life just sucks and who never gets better despite everyones best efforts. Is there a book out there with similar themes, that actually does this concept (or something similar) well?
by KestrelXIII