Hi everyone,
I just finished reading Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. For the most part, the book wasn't too intense, but the topics of grief and friendship hit me particularly hard. I cried at the end of the book, and it also reminded me a lot of similar experiences with grief and friendship in my own life.
I have a bit of a dilemma with reading lately—I've been almost too scared to pick up any books that I know might be intense, because I'm worried they are going to trigger depressive feelings, but I often find very light-hearted books too surface-level or uninteresting. I feel like so many books, especially ones with a strong sense of irresolution, kinda have a sense of hopelessness…or maybe that's kind my taste showing through. I also tend to read a lot of literary fiction where you are very much in the character's mind which can be good or bad depending. One book that I had to DNF for this reason was Parable of the Sower, despite enjoying the writing/plot, was just too much and made me very depressed. I didn't used to have this problem and actually really enjoyed apocalyptic/dystopian fiction but now I just can't stomach it.
Anyway, I'm just curious about other people's experiences with this. Maybe there is something I can learn from y'all that will help me with this.
by xxfuka-erixx