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    Looking for books with bright women who have/had good features but who are self-destructive and may or may not have a breakdown. Examples being The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder and How To Build A Girl/How To Be Famous by Caitlin Moran. I don’t necessarily need the full on mental illness themes of The Bell Jar and (to an extent) Nightbitch. I’m more so looking for the scenes they all contain of a woman who finds herself unable to envision the future she original’y planned for herself and who deals with those struggles through devouring things and/or acting out sexually and/or self-harm. Kind of something that speaks to gifted kid burnout/feeling down about having to reimagine life expectations that combines it with lust and/or gluttony imagery. Definitely open to horror, as I know horror is usually where gluttony and lust imagery is at its strongest in depictions of women. Would prefer the book to have a female author or a feminist standpoint (not a voyeuristic/fetishistic standpoint, more so a relatable one).

    by GjonsTearsFan

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