By: Pedro Braña (Level C1)

A book full of mixed feelings. A story that I recommend to everyone and at the same time to nobody at all. A feeling of sadness, but also relief knowing that I will no longer be with these characters each and every week. This is how I finish A Little Life. This book, which seems too extreme to be real, and at the same time very believable, at first may just be a sadistic sequence of misfortunes that happens in Jude’s life and the lives of those around him, but it brings a great reflection on human relationships, about maturity, about how we deal with our problems and traumas, how we behave when faced with extreme situations, about our perspective of our own well-being, and how our behavior and the way we deal with life not only affects ourselves, but everyone around us. It may seem difficult to create identification with such a tragic story, but with due proportions, it was possible to draw several parallels with my life, putting into perspective what I did and how I acted at certain times, how I would act if I were in the shoes of some of the characters in certain situations, and above all, accepting that, just like me, it is difficult to say that x person in this story did right or wrong, they did what was within their power and capacity, what they thought was best, sometimes for themselves, sometimes for the other, they made mistakes and got things right, and the consequences of that, it was life that brought, as it always does. What could be done differently, what would be a different outcome, what if this, what if that, we will never have those answers, just as I don’t know what would be different in me and about me if I hadn’t read this book.

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