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Beautifully written, as per usual with Yanagihara. Some may find the descriptions of child sexual abuse disturbing. I am one of those people. I should have expected as much given the plot summary and Yanagihara's other work, but it was still very upsetting- especially the last chapter. I think some of the intricacies of the story, and value of the overall message, is clouded by this storyline. When I think back on the book, it's the only thing I remember, and I cringe. And I'm not a sensitive snowflake....I'm a social worker with deals with CSA on a regular basis. Maybe that's the problem.


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The People in the Trees A Novel Hanya Yanagihara Books Reviews

I was totally unfamiliar with this 'incident, with Dr. Perina, his life & Nobel prize, these islands' and this author before purchasing and reading this novel. I couldn't be more impressed now that I've finished it; this book just grabs hold of the reader and won't let go until the very end. It's INCREDIBLE, both the fact and the fiction & least not the author's skill and craftsmanship in putting it all together and telling it in such readable & convincing fashion. Yes, I read it starting with 0 knowledge of the the actors and what went on and other readers more aware of the story's inspiration may be less captivated, but this is undenably what a topnotch novel should be...it makes you want to read without stop and procure more information about the facts and story both while reading and afterwards.
I loved Yanigahara's other novel, "A Little Life," so much that I was sure I wouldn't like this one--at least, not as much. I was right--I didn't--but I did truly admire it. This book took a heck of a lot of research AND imagination, and the writing of it was so convincing that I had to keep reminding myself that it was fiction. In a way it's unfortunate that pedophilia had a part in this book because I think it could have stood up on its own without that written into it. However, that does serve to remind people how unreliable Norton was as a narrator and so didn't really come as a surprise. What I really admire about the author is that she went from writing this book to writing the next one which is a real blockbuster of a novel and incredibly loving in a sad, sad way. What I'm saying is, read the other book it you haven't already. Hanya Yanigahara is truly brilliant. I'm actually sort of terrified about what she may write next.
I am not sure what to make of this book . it was really two separate stories. the first in the jungle was too unbelievable but the writing was very descriptive and amazing. but the story was really creepy to the point that it was revolting at times. the second story with the orphans was way over the top. it would be legally impossible for this to happen . i liked the way it was written with the footnotes. but all in all i can't say I enjoyed this book or was entertained. i think the arrogance of one culture destroying another for greed was a good premise but this went way off the rails. the whole thing kind of made my skin crawl on too many levels.
I am an anthropologist by training with a degree (1970) from the University of Chicago. When I was studying the societies of Polynesia and Micronesia, one of the famous case studies involved Dr. Daniel Gajdusek and the disease of kuru amount the South Fore people of New Guinea. Kuru was the first prion disease (think "mad-cow" disease now) discovered in humans and was found only in New Guinea. It turned out to be transmitted mainly by cannibalism - when one tribe defeated another in battle, to honor the dead and take on the most heroic qualities of the dead, the victorious tribe would eat the brains of the vanquished. The irony was, the one quality of the dead which thereby was taken on was the neurological disease of kuru, which was transmitted through the brain tissue of the dead. The People in the Trees is a great re-imagining, and novelizaton of this whole story. I urge you to read the book first, and then check out Daniel Gajdusek on Wikipedia. You'll see what a great job the novelist has done in using this story as a jumping off point for the novel.

The book reminds me a lot of State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett, a book which received much acclaim and was nominated for numerous awards. I love Ann Patchett and her novels State of Wonder and Bel Canto, bt I think The People in the Trees outshines State of Wonder. It gets more into the crucial issues in anthropology of how studying a people can negatively impact those people and their culture and how in seeking to "rescue" primitive cultures and people you can destroy them. This book is a must read, both for how engrossing and well-written it is, and for the big questions it asks. It is brilliant.
Beautifully written, as per usual with Yanagihara. Some may find the descriptions of child sexual abuse disturbing. I am one of those people. I should have expected as much given the plot summary and Yanagihara's other work, but it was still very upsetting- especially the last chapter. I think some of the intricacies of the story, and value of the overall message, is clouded by this storyline. When I think back on the book, it's the only thing I remember, and I cringe. And I'm not a sensitive snowflake....I'm a social worker with deals with CSA on a regular basis. Maybe that's the problem.