Lately I've been re-reading Interview with the Vampire but while I love the first first half of the book, it has started really slugging to a point I am looking for a palette cleanser or so to get me through it.
I love reading in-depth descriptions and vivid imagery that's described in beautiful ways. It doesn't have to be super descriptive but I am just looking for something that will have me continue to read without being super conversational in the language.
I read anything and everything when It comes to genre, so please, feel free to go wild with it!
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Both of these have beautiful prose in what might be considered hopeless/dystopian style settings:
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Willa Cather My Antonia
Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro, or I who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman.
I have similar preferences when it comes to books — the less dialogue, the better.
I’d recommend Solaris by Stanislaw Lem.
The novel explores the limits of human understanding in beautifully strange ways, and the atmosphere is surreal and vivid throughout. The pacing stays steady, which makes it immersive without dragging.