This may be a weird request but hear me out. Normally I’m a fantasy/scifi type of lady. But recently my dad and my dad’s dad both passed very suddenly only a few months apart. Needless to sayI haven’t been im the best headspace. And I’m in the mood for those pretentious types of writing that deal in existentialism and differing views on death and what ‘really’ happens to us when we die. Something akin to the show Midnight Mass if you’ve ever seen it. Or even Haunting of Hill House. I hope what I’m saying is understandable. I took a Clonazepam before writing this and it’s taken me an embarrassing ing amount of backspacing to come up with something slightly coherent.
Thank you in advance to anyone who can find something like that.
by indelibleink89
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Not a book but you might enjoy the Netflix series the Midnight Gospel. Based on your descriptions here I thought of it immediately
anythibg by murakami lol
The Plague by Albert Camus deals with existential questions as a town is decimated by the bubonic plague.
Less pretentious but related to the themes, and I think quite enjoyable, is The Buried Giant (Ishiguro), which deals with mortality and memory.
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Sum Tales from the Afterlives. Not pretentious, just very, very thought provoking. And a little bit funny too.
So you do you, I would say it might be an idea to counterbalance the heavy philosophy with something like the “Discworld” Death series though for a bit of a lighter take. Mind yourself <3