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Violence
Some
Violence in the dystopian third section
Language
Barely any
Some crude language
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit gay sexual content throughout
Substance Use
Barely any
Drug use in the 1993 section
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Grief, loss, trauma, and the nature of freedom under authoritarian control
What this book is about
Yanagihara's 2022 novel tells three linked stories set in 1893, 1993, and 2093 New York. Features explicit gay sexual content, disease and pandemic, dystopian violence, and psychological intensity. Adults only.
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Explicit sexual content
Dystopian violence
Heavy psychological intensity
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