The Binghams are a distinguished and wealthy family and David is accustomed to a life of privilege. The story follows David Bingham who lives with his grandfather on Washington Square. The first two books did hold my attention and I even felt emotionally invested in the characters (even if they did pale in comparison to the characters populating A Little Life).īook I takes place in an alternate America in 1893 where New York is part of the Free States where same-sex couples can marry unlike in the Colonies (ie other US states) and gender equality prevails. “Each of them wanted the other to exist only as he was currently experiencing him as if they were both too unimaginative to contemplate each other in a different way.” 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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