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title: "To Paradise: A Novel"
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# To Paradise: A Novel

**Brand:** hanya yanagihara
**Price:** HK$248
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- **What is this?** To Paradise: A Novel by hanya yanagihara
- **How much does it cost?** HK$248 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Brilliant alternate history and sci fi
  

*by M***D on Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2022*

Some might find the structure and/or the content of this novel challenging, but I find that it is so skillfully done that the result is an honest exploration of who we are as people, how our circumstances shape us,  but do not have to define us, the risks of breaking free of the appearance of circumstantial safety, the striving towards something better, love & loss.There's three sections, but I count five distinct stories told from different POVs. The first section was difficult for me to get through because it seemed like the writer was not doing as much as she could with the alternate history she created. I found it hard to sympathize the protagonist. But, Yanagihara's prose is so strong, she  is a highly skilled writer, that I kept pushing through it. Then the ending of the first section was brilliant and maybe the first spark of understanding I had of what she was doing. The next two sections I was fully engaged and quickly read through the rest of the novel. By the end, the brilliance of the framework and stories she constructed was impressive and resonated with me as a reader and human being.It's my first book I've read from Yanagihara and it makes me want more.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Good read
  

*by L***A on Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2022*

I’m glad I read this interesting book. There are shades of Cloud Atlas, or even Cloud Cuckoo Land (why did it not have “Cloud” in the title, I wonder?), with its three parts, which tell stories of NYC in 1893, 1993, and 2093. And let me tell you, none of us want to live in that 2093.All three stories are compelling. All are set in the same Washington Square mansion, and in each century we follow people named Charles, David (“That’s a lot of Davids,” one character happens to say, and we agree), Edward. In these alternate histories, same-sex marriage is legal and very common, there’s a strong Hawaii story line that starts out following the Hiram Bingham family (I live in Hawaii and found that interesting), and oh my god the pandemic situation does not improve in this imagined future (understatement).The recurring names in each of the three acts was slightly confusing but also interesting. My tidy brain wanted the relationships between the generations to be easier to follow. I had to make my own chart, or tried anyway, but things got unwieldy fast. Where’s the chart of who’s who? Please add to inside front cover. And everything doesn’t always get wrapped up in a satisfying way. Still. Really good read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    It speaks to our future
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2022*

There is no need to repeat in other terms the observations by those who have recognized the extraordinary richness and creative complexity of this novel. Reading it is an emotionally difficult experience, and I required a break between sections in order to recover from just-read sections. Embedded, I also noted observations that transcend their location here. For example, on page 587 the comment on the “relevant” Charlie that “I cannot see her without experiencing her in triplicate.” “The shadow of who she once was,” her current reality, and “the projection of what she might become.” And with mourning for the first, bewilderment for the second, and “fear for the third.” Reading this, the book then becomes populated by my grandchildren, some who I frame similarly… and now within a new concept: in triplicate. And grandchildren who do not fit this form: they live in an upward trajectory. And so I spend time exploring  my emotional life of loved ones.And the book’s third section…for me a reflection of the likely outcome of current trends with authoritarian governments, climate failures, the scarcity of food, and likely future pandemics. The observation by one character that “America is a country with sin at its heart…” (588) and now in my own words, as we murdered Native Americans and built our society on slave labor…Well, in addition to the failures noted in the previous sentence, this brings us to the consequences we now face as a society.  Hanya Yanagihara speaks universally and in this novel, for the past and for our future, as well as the one in this book.

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