In Anne Cleeves’ Vera books, the Vera character is described as very ugly & squat (how I love Brenda Blethyn for reading it and going ‘YES I’LL DO IT”). She is absolutely the hero of the stories.
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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
weenumpty2 on
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
Geek Love by Katherine Gunn (though calling the protagonist a good person maybe a stretch, she’s far from flat or dull)
pickle-smoocher on
invisible Monsters / Chuck Palahniuk
Defenestrated_Viola on
Precious Bane by Mary Webb—so good! She has a “harelip” (cleft palate). She is a bit ostracized although mostly accepted, but she is very much the main character and does find happiness!
CAUnionMaid on
Look at Me by Jennifer Egan
jader88 on
Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
boonyikaul on
Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter. It’s a quick and utterly fantastic read!
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Stones From The River by Ursula Hegi. It’s a really great book about a woman with dwarfism and her experiences of living while being “othered” during Germany’s descent into Nazism.
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She’s not the protagonist, but Liesl is an important character in the Deptford Trilogy (one of my favourite series). She is rich, brilliant, loved and described as “ape like” due to a physical deformity.
agentrossi176 on
Matrix by Lauren Groff
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Chemical Pink by Katie Arnoldi
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Stones from the River, Ursula Hegi
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Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. I first read it at 15 or 16. I still love the book at 34. I’ve reread it several times.
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In Anne Cleeves’ Vera books, the Vera character is described as very ugly & squat (how I love Brenda Blethyn for reading it and going ‘YES I’LL DO IT”). She is absolutely the hero of the stories.
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
Geek Love by Katherine Gunn (though calling the protagonist a good person maybe a stretch, she’s far from flat or dull)
invisible Monsters / Chuck Palahniuk
Precious Bane by Mary Webb—so good! She has a “harelip” (cleft palate). She is a bit ostracized although mostly accepted, but she is very much the main character and does find happiness!
Look at Me by Jennifer Egan
Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter. It’s a quick and utterly fantastic read!
Stones From The River by Ursula Hegi. It’s a really great book about a woman with dwarfism and her experiences of living while being “othered” during Germany’s descent into Nazism.
She’s not the protagonist, but Liesl is an important character in the Deptford Trilogy (one of my favourite series). She is rich, brilliant, loved and described as “ape like” due to a physical deformity.
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Chemical Pink by Katie Arnoldi
Stones from the River, Ursula Hegi
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. I first read it at 15 or 16. I still love the book at 34. I’ve reread it several times.