I finally finished reading A Little Life, after hearing so much about it. While I had really high expectations, sadly I didn't feel as emotionally connected with it as I thought and hoped I would, seeing as people's responses to it painted it as unbreable sadness and crying inducing. I wanted to have that cathartic experience with the book, being emotionally pulled into it, connecting with the characters, agonizing over their decisions and their fate, crying with and for them. So that didn't happen… (I hope I'm not the only one, I don't think I lack the empathy, something just didn't click for me)
but I did love the writing style. I've never read such writing, that flowed like water, that was poetic but not narcissistic, that painted a picture with beautiful words that weren't overdone.
Though I had to take a breath after reading it and still have a pit in my stomach over the book, I did pick up one of my favorite authors new book, Jodi picoult, and was stunned by the planeness and truthfully, superficial writing and storytelling. Admittedly I'm only at the beginning of the book, but it doesn't come close to the writing of a little life.
I would love some recommendations for writing that is similar to A little life!
by Aby_lev89