I'm new to reading novels and have read a very small amount of actual novels/books but i read manga for a long time and one of the themes I love is the profound impact of trauma and resilience, and the struggle to find hope exactly like in Berserk, with how Guts's trauma affects his mind. Another example, is, more recently, I have been reading Shadow Slave (Webnovel) and am well past halfway done with it, and I the way the author, sometimes subtly or explicitly, describes what's going on in Sunny's mind, with his trust issues, paranoia, and other things. Any other novels, webnovels (preferably fantasy) that have any similar thing like that?
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Check out The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie – Logen Ninefingers deals with some seriously dark mental stuff and trauma that shapes everything he does. The way Abercrombie writes his internal struggle is brutal and real
Also maybe try The Broken Empire trilogy, Jorg is pretty messed up psychologically from his past and it’s central to the whole story
Flowers For Algernon.
Don’t plan on getting anything done for the last chunk of the book. You’ll be too busy trying to put your heart back together.