On paper, this sounded amazing, and I was looking forward to being once again swept away by Yanagihara’s storytelling…except that it never quite happened. These ‘books’ are united by their shared setting (New York) and themes (freedom, illness, identity, privilege, familial and romantic love, notions of utopia, familial duty vs self, betrayal, desire). To Paradise is a door-stopper of a book that is divided into three ‘books’. At first, the Cloud Atlas-esque premise did intrigue me. So, naturally, my expectations were high for To Paradise. Just looking at my hardback copy makes me feel all sorts of intense feelings. If you’ve read my review for A Little Life you know how much that novel means to me. My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.
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