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    I've been combing through Goodreads and Google Searches for about an hour now. I've been trying to get back into reading, but no snippet I read sticks, and every bad review I read wards me away from the books I hunt down. Every search request in Google I make feels like I'm asking a Barista for a 14-step Caramel-Vanilla Frappu-Cappu-ccino, or whatever the fuck.

    I love books with strong, diverse personalities. I love characters who are humanly flawed, who make selfish/bad decisions, who have something wrong with them, but aren't caricatures. I love when a personality trait goes too far– A hard worker turning into an obsessive perfectionist. Caution into paranoia. Lenience in a father that causes his family to degrade into helplessness. A friend too considerate for your emotions, they can't correct your mistakes. A character with a trait that's recognizable and understandable, and then they gradually begin to slip.

    I like grit, and dirty realism. I don't want 'fantasy grit,' where it's too gross or unsophisticated or cynical to make any reasonable sense. I want to read about real people, their flaws and all. I don't want to read about a character. I dislike fantastical/dramatic plotlines if they don't seem to make any sense. I like sociology and psychology. I like critiques on society, from a nuanced multidimensional perspective. Ideally, multiple perspectives and experiences all within one book.

    I don't mind nonfictional, or biographies. But I am typing this intending for fiction! The most important thing to me is emphasis on characters and their personalities and their mistakes.

    by bearwithwheels

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    1. StardewAllyy on

      Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is a really great one that you might enjoy

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