I definitely agree that people saying they love A Little Life, but won't recommend it feels conflicting and makes people curious to pick it up. I think your review on the book was so insightful and such a good explanation of your thoughts. I have yet to see such a detailed review that explains why its such a difficult read, but also something not to be recommended so THANK YOU!!

This girl couldn't understand how much I love her

the hair is hairing❤️‍🔥

A Little Life is painfully fantastic. The hardest book I’ve red, most emotional, but also absolutely brilliant.

Exploring sad books might feel intimidating at first, but the emotional depth they provide is incredibly rewarding.Through their touching stories, we connect with the human experience on a deeper level, finding comfort in knowing that we're not alone in facing challenges. Don't hesitate to delve into the realm of sadness in literature-often, it's where we uncover profound insights and truths about life.

The headspace you're talking about when you read a little life is a real thing. I've watched you reading it, and even though I read it more than 6 months ago, every time you cried, I realized where you are in the book and it brought me back to the exact room / place I've been in when I read it, and I started crying because I knew what you read and what you've felt. I think that because this book is alot, in every aspect of it, I tried not to dwell on the feelings when I read it and not put much thought about how I really felt about it, and your video and review made me realize what this book actually meant to me. Thank you for that. That's why I count on your recommendations blindly for over a year now. You always hit the target. Sending love ❤

Omgoodness! No offense to those who enjoy reading sad books (I promise), but there is so much real sadness in this world that I just don't think I could do it. I like reading books that take me AWAY from the sadness...that is JUST ME. Thank you so much for your reviews...you are amazing at describing the books. ❤

a little life will NEVER leave me behind, i think about it constantly. yes i always always tell people to be cautious going into it because if you are in a bad headspace it could have a horrible affect on you, but it is one of my favorite books of all time. so incredibly devastating but beautiful

I read A Little Life a Year ago and I lived most of what Jude did, I read it to know that I was not alone, and yes this happens in real life, When I finished this book I was a mess and had such book hangover and I needed a long time to recover and heal, I did talk to my therapist before reading this and while reading this. It helped me be open more in therapy to talk about my own trauma. Sending hugs to everyone who has lived this and who was not okay after reading A Little Life.

The fact that I haven’t read the book and watching you reading made me cry , means I might not be able to handle it BUT I really want to read it because you’re right; if words on a page can affect you like that , that means it’s special

Watching you read A Little Life and having those break down moments is literally making me cry, because I know....I KNOW. This book broke me, but it's one of the most impactful things I have ever read. It feels so wrong to say that they are real characters, because it hurts so much to realize that people do go through what they go through. This is one of those books that I hate to recommend, but I also think is important to read. You are right when you say that the person you are when you started the book is not the person you will be after. This is one of the MOST beautiful stories of love and friendship I have ever read.

Girl not me crying the whole time with you through A Little Life. It deeply moved me and changed me as a person (I even have a tattoo in its honor). But you put my exact thoughts and feelings into words and it was refreshing to see someone say what I felt out loud, especially about how even though it’s technically fiction, it’s moving because of how there are real stories out there just like Judes. It’s a favorite book of mine but I don’t tell people to read it. I genuinely think this book is one that will find people at the right time in their lives if they’re meant to read it and shouldn’t be pushed on someone.

I’m so glad to see you read A Little Life! everybody told me it was so sad, and it so was! But my main feeling through out it was how disturbing it was, i couldn’t deal with it at times. My love for Jude and Willem is so strong and I still think about the end of this book all the time🫶

the last 2 chapters of a little life made me cry so hard that I went into a panic attack and literally had to scream “it’s fictional” to myself to calm down. and that’s the thing, it’s so damn hard to remember that because some if not all of it are reality for some people. overall it’s a fucking fantastic book but deeply traumatizing.

A Little Life is one of the best piece of literature ever. I feel like it transcends fiction. All the characters felt so real. The axiom of equality & the happy years will DEVASTATE you. But I loved it, I hope you enjoy it ❤

nearly all of the books i read as an english major in college were painful to read because the soul-crushing, if not outright disturbing, reality of the topics they talk about has weighed heavily on me, even now years later. i totally understand the feeling of being present while reading a book then being haunted by it after the reading stops. even though, i don’t recommend a lot of those books, i think they are important personally and that those experiences really did change me and teach me things even if they were hard things to learn. loved the video and hearing your thoughts!! 🩷🩷

The first video I watched of Sara was "reading sad books for a week". I'm so happy she made a part 2! I love her channel SO MUCH and her videos are comfort to me. Therefore it is amazing to see the video who introduced me to her again. Also iM SO EARLY!!

Oh my word the Mochi intermission was too cute!!

i was tearing up watching you read certain parts of a little life because i remember those parts and they still have such a strong impact on me years later. i also gave it no rating because i truly don’t think this book can be rated and you put into words so well how such a horrible book is a book i love and can’t understand why i love it so much. love your videos🫶

Ahhh I read a little life like a year ago but watching you read the book and then remembering what happens made me cry, this book truly sticks with you forever 😭❤️‍🩹

Been 2 years and I still cry thinking about Jude😭 A Little Life was a book I’ll never forget. x=x makes me ugly cry every time💔 Cried with you, from just remembering what was happening as you read❤️‍🩹

A Little Life is a book that stays. I read it like four years ago now and I still think about the characters almost everyday. Loved this video so much sara❤❤. Also thanks for making my finals week so much better with your videos.

I feel the exact same about A Little Life. I read it for the first time in January, and I still randomly get flashbacks to Willem and Jude and have to sit with them and process all the emotions that still feel so raw and fresh. Just like you said--absolutely insane that a book can do this to us. Thank you for discussing both the incredible aspects of this story and also acknowledging its horrors. Hope you are well

i get intrigued by anything you read bc we have such similar taste, so i’ve been so interested in a little life since i’ve seen that you read it so i’m so looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

The way she described how a little life made her feel is exactly how I felt about ‘the way I used to be’ and obviously that book is way less heavy than a little life but it was a lot for me as a fourteen year old who is homeschooled and has not been exposed to much. But all to say is Sara talking about how it made her feel made me feel a little better.

A little life is so beautiful but so painful ! It took me a whole month to read this book, I’m always thinking about jude and everything his been thru, this book changed me cause I always said you have bad but other people have it worse…

i am someone who avoids sad books at all costs but will watch every sad book vid sara makes regardless :)

a little life is one of my favorite books but it literally took me 7 months to read 😭 it’s such a hard book to read but thank u for being open minded and not immediately charactarizing the book as trauma porn cuz i know a lot of people hate the book for that reason.

the cut to the “Good morning.” clip while reading A Little Life is hilarious

A Little Life is one of the most powerful and disturbing books I have ever read. Watching you read it and tear up, I found myself checking to see where it looked like you were in the book and trying to remember what was happening there and knowing what else was remaining. It will stick with you.

i read a little life almost eight years ago and it is my favorite book that i actively think about still to this day. i think you really described it perfectly. I think it is important to note that although the amount of trauma in the book feels exhaustingly overwhelming these things really do happen in real life. it is truly a life altering book that i would also generally advice people to stay away from. I do think you explained this very beautifully as well.

ahhh I just finished A Little Life and couldn’t rate it either. I felt so many emotions that were hard to explain. you described my feelings perfectly ❤️‍🩹 ty bestie!

I took months to read it. I began in January, stopped, went back and hut 1/3 in march and i was already bawling my eyes out, i stopped, went on vacation and finished then. I hit the worst part at the beach and i couldn't stop crying. Went back the next day and when i finished i just sat in front of the ocean crying bc i couldn't handle it. My best friend saw and just hugged me. It's been years and i still feel for those characters. It's a traumatizing book, yes, but i think about it every day, the good and the bad, it's special.

i read a little life last year and ended up writing a 4000 word essay in school about it. i was so interested in trying to understand how, like u said, words on paper could make me so emotional. one of the most tragically beautiful books i’ve read, but i don’t think a lot of people should read it.

omg I just got goodreads and I watched you read this books over there these past weeks😢 I've been completly obssesed with your videos for over a year now, love you bestie❤

For me personality, A Little Life has a very special place in my heart and I feel like I'm so attached to this book because I relate to it so much and I understand Jude and everything he did. As I was reading it felt so real and I could compare my own experience and everything felt comforting for me in a weird way, I just want to hug Jude ❤️‍🩹

I stoped reading a little little because it was starting to “break me” it’s one of those books we dont want to care about and ignore but it shows us the hard reality of life, maybe not ours, but of so many other people. We are not ready to face those issues so we ignore them on our daily basis, but when confronted with them… it’s hard.

Currently reading A Little Life and am almost done with Part 2! Seeing your reactions is scaring me for whats to come 😭😭

I love when she says welcome or welcome back. And I’m a welcome back stan

the little bits of happy give you a bit of hope until the sadness comes crashing down and I feel it hurts more than if there were no happy parts.

i didn’t even cry while reading a little life but watching u reading it made me tear up 😭😭

17:04 is so real. Reading A Little Life had me having to stop like every 50-100 pages to like just sit and stare at the wall and contemplate what I just read. It's was so heartbreaking, disturbing, and difficult to read at times. Honestly changed my life in so many ways the way I connected and cared for Jude was like no other book character I ever read. Parts of it felt so real and raw like I was actually reading about someone's life in a biography or something and other times it felt so distant and far away that it was baffling to even think something like that could happen to someone, fiction or not.

I didn't shed a single tear reading a little life

Omg Sara your new hair is absolutely gorgeous!

I love how you are just...goin THROUGH it with A Little Life and your dog is having the time of her life with her squeaky toy.

Howww on earth did you not cry reading if only I had told her!! I was crying all throughout the whole book

Your mom is adorable, now we see where you get it! 💜🥺

NOT our girl CRYING before she reached the happy years .... OH DEAR U R IN FOR A WORLD OF HURT!!!! I think its been a year since i finished A LITTLE LIFE i still think about it a lot

A Little Life is one of my favourite books, but indeed, I'd never recommend it to anyone. I think it changes one so utterly completely, that it's up to a reader to find it at a time when they need it. Despite how sad it is and how much it had me crying, it also made me a tiny bit more grateful and aware of the world I live in, and the kind of person I am and I want to be. It will live with me forever (I even have a tattoo of it), and I go back and reread it at every 'crucial' point of my life. I'm glad you 'enjoyed' it (maybe not the word for it)!

it cracks me up how crazy fast you talk, i gotta watch ur vids on a slow speed to understand what u say😭🤣 but thats a part of the sara charm lol i love ur vids so itll never stop me from watchin emmm

I'm watching you read A Little Life and crying with you, after 2 years of reading it. It's such a beautiful book.

Your book reviews are my favorite. You always take your time to deliver a well thought out review even when you don’t like a book you find a way to politely give a bad review and make it known that it’s just your opinion and you should still read it even though you didn’t like it. That is one of the things I love about you, great video ❤

One of the books that made me sob in high school was all the bright places

such a different vlog, *hugs* I love ur videos sm

the editing is top tier in this video!!!!

i love jude with my whole heart 🥺 i still think about him so much

I applaud you for reading “a little life”, I could NEVER 😂

I would LOVE to see a reading vlog on the way i used to be by amber smith as i know it’s on your march TBR 🫶🏻💖

Khaled Hosseini books, especially "A thousand splendid suns" And "the Kite Runner", they are so sad but SO REAL, I hope you give them a try! 😭💘

The more emotion you show while reading a book really shows how attached you are to it, I still don't get how people don't like reading. Also, off topic but you're so pretty! (and I love the shirt in the beginning 😅❤️)

I have seen so many talk about A Little Life. I want to read it myself, and can appreciate you explaining the conflicting recommendation.

You’re making me want to read a little life, where I had zero desire to do so before 😅

A little life is genuinely one of my favorite books that I read so long ago, and still to this day I think about it. So much that I got a tattoo after this book and its characters. It legitimately changed me. It isn’t easy to read, and it physically hurts at times. But wow. It is incredible.

i read a little life in a moment where i wasn't really that interested and it didn't hurt or made me cry like i expected. your thoughts on this made so much sense and i kinda want to read it again

This book being on my yearly reads list for 3 years 😀

I love her videos so calming for me.💗

i'm reading a little life right now and i'm on part 4 but i'm putting it down to read something else in between because the thought of it getting even worse is making me go insane 😭😭😭😭😭 the way you're explaining that it made you feel so much and had such amazing writing but also put you in a bad mental state is how i felt about beartown.... but definitely not as traumatic! (please still read beartown it was amazing)

also this was my favorite video format from you when I first started watching so this is so nostalgic

i finished this roughly a month ago. the day before my birthday 😭 it was truly my favorite book and i would & wouldn’t recommend it. it truly has so much to teach about certain aspects of mental health & trauma but its very hard to get through. i spent a year reading it. i loved this reaction sm!! youre thoughts are a lot of what i thought!! ur amazing 🖤

First thing I did after watching this is order A Little Life😭. The way Sara explained and was so in depth with her review, just made me want to instantly read it.

A Little Life is so good. I read it years ago, in 2016 or something, and I still remember some scenes and definitely cried about 4 times while reading it. I understand your conflicting feelings too! It's hard to "enjoy" a story like that, but the book itself is a good book, and the characters are so sweet.

I cried so hard at the end of A Little Life. I sobbed. I howled. You cried prettily somehow, the way it made me cry was almost like a semi-anxiety attack, I was screaming and shaking and plainly ugly crying with mucus and all that. It broke me in ways I never thought literature could break me 😢😢😢 and watching your video I knew exactly where you were. Absolutely beautiful book but not for the faint of heart. The trigger warnings need to be acknowledged and taken into consideration. Also, I think that in regards to the timelines, it happens between the 80s/90s up until the 2020s. I know they had cell phones and they send messages, they had laptops and sent emails so it has to be somewhere around those years. At least that's what I gathered with the details the author sprinkled here and there. Thank you for sharing with us ❤❤❤

Watching you go through the pain and heartbreak as you read this book pulled up all the same emotions I went through - I was crying watching you 😭 I agree with you, I wouldn't ever recommend this book because I would never wish that pain on anyone. But it is exceptional because it really tugs at your emotions in a way I didn't know possible. If someone wants to read it, I wouldn't stop them, but I wouldn't recommend it. Feel better girlie 🤍 read all the happy books!

YESS SARA POSTED!!! i was checking every day to see if you did😭

omg yayy I missed your videos sm so excited to watch this 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

love your new hair and free reading vlog! ❤

There is a play that was made out of A Little Life. I went and watched it in London last year and though it put me through all the heartbreak all over again (especially because the characters were real humans this time around) it made me appreciate the story so much more. I loved the book already but I mostly remembered the sad and traumatizing parts. However the play made me realize how much love is in the story as well and how deep this love for one another can go. Absolutely mesmerizing

it's been a year since i read a little life and it still follows me everywhere haha. i was telling my friend about it and she said it was on her radar and she was curious so i did the monsterous thing of spoiling it for her because i know her mental health would've taken a big hit from it. i think it's a beautiful book (i do hate that the synopsis says it's about 4 boys when it's really just jude and maybe willem but the other two still follow), but it's so emotionally devestating!

I have not even read this book and I am tearing up watching your raw emotion. I think i need to read it now as i felt the same prior to your video and was honestly scared to feel so much.

yay i’ve been checking every day for a new video from sara ❤️❤️❤️

love love loved this vlog!! i'm so glad you read a little life, although it's detrimental, i believe it's so important to recognize the pain that we are blessed to never face!!

your videos bring me soooo much comfort it makes me so happy every time you post! (even if this was a sadder video) and also; that hair colour was made for you!!

Now I want to give this book a try but I'm scared too. Thanks so much for a detailed review and much more. Please bring more sad book recommendations in the coming months

The red hair looks so good!!!!!

I read A Little Life a year ago, and still think about Jude/the story OFTEN. I didn't love the book, but I'll love Jude forever

As soon as I saw a new upload while looking up buy a book I clicked!! I absolutely love your videos.. I catch myself going to your Harry styles concert video’s.. you’re my reason I have gave Harry Styles a chance and I love them.. watermelon sugar and sushi restaurant and Matilda and boyfriend is just very few I can think at last minute that are my favorites.. keep up the great work. You’re still a great inspiration and I find so many great booktok books to buy online..

girl your hair looks so good

me just now realizing that she only read 2 books and I feel like this video gave everything love you Sara ❤

I LOVE books that make me feel all emotions that's usually a 5 star book for sure

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO i’m so excited ❤❤

I just went back to boarding school after a tiring day at vocational school and the day couldn't end better than with a new video from the queen herself ❤️👸🏽

i work in healthcare and have cared for people who’s life’s mirror the awful things that are portrayed in a little life, I know i can’t read this because i’ve seen it played out in real life. it’s just so heavy

Omg! Sara! Can’t believe you survived this book! Good job! Keep making good videos! We love your videos

Sara I missed you so much you don’t understand how happy I was when I saw the notification that you posted😭❤️❤️

Read this book last year and it broke me in ways I won’t be able to ever explain or ever put into words. I still think about the characters specifically Jude and Willem and all the “what ifs” that could’ve happened.

AHH How do you always post on the perfect time!!! So excited to watch the video!!

i’ve been waiting anxiously for a new video!! thank you for blessing us today sarah 🫶🫶

Thank you sm sara!! This was so so good :)))

A little life has been sitting on my shelf for months now , I'm not ready to read it yet but when i do ill think of you and this video

I haven’t watched the video yet, but I must say A Little Life is my all time favorite book. I read the book three years ago and I constantly think of the characters. Like a week doesn’t go by that this book doesn’t squeeze my heart. But besides the impact this book had, I recommend it to no one. Because idk who could handle it but at the same time I love when I find someone that has read it because it’s the most interesting book to connect over! Ok, back to the video. Hopefully you are ok at the end of it ❤️