For context I just read the bell jar. The book was a 5/5 but my experience was less. I had high expectations and felt let down. I have and sometimes still do relate to so much of that novel it didn’t really have that much of an impact. I suppose I numbed out the well written words that felt like they were mine.
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Tender is the Flesh…
Andrew Solomon’s second masterpiece, “Far From The Tree.”
A non-fiction foray into the very real lives of many walks of people who must endure involuntary hardships that “normal” people cannot imagine.
Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.
I almost didn’t want to mention it…I read it many, many years ago and I still think about it in that harrowing, I’ve been changed forever kind of way.
He also wrote Requiem for a Dream. So that may give some idea of the weight of his books.
*Euphoria* by Lily King. Has nothing to do with the TV show.
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
* The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
* Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
I believe many people feel this way about “A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara. People feel strongly about it, one way or the other – some feel shattered, some feel it is over the top
When Breath Becomes Air. Written by a doctor who knew he was going to die, and he was young. Heartbreaking.
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson