Just finished A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. Mad Woman by Chelsea Bieker. On Earth we're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. And lastly Norweigian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Something that is like these books, I don't know how to describe the feeling of like haunting trauma but also the feeling of sadness through out the book but yet the person is able to move forward. If you have any suggestions that would be great, thanks! (Edit: it doesn;t really need a happy ending tbh)
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* In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez. I could only stomach reading it once, but it was great.
* For a YA pick, We are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson.
* A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers. It’s part of a series, but the books can be read alone. It’s one of the best depictions of complex childhood trauma I’ve ever read (and it’s sci-fi!)
“My brilliant friend”. Beautiful
A Girl is a Half Formed Thing by Eimear McBride is deeply sad. It has a stream of consciousness writing style which does take some getting used to, but you do adjust quickly.
Maps of our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer deals with a terminal cancer diagnosis.
The Trick to Time by Kit De Waal is also extremely sad (TW baby loss)
Lanny by Max Porter