recently finished mysterious skin and i think it was really good, fair warning though there are a LOT of trigger warnings to keep in mind and it isn’t a happy story at all.
also, someone linked it above but you can find practically any book on zlibrary, highly recommend. 1 reply
I recently got into the same reading mood as you! I love any and all books that make me cry, but recently I’ve been leaning into more contemporary ones. I started in another order though, so I’m actually reading a little life rn.
Here are a few books I recommend, their official blurb, and why I loved them:
» Our Wives Under the Sea by Jul...... 2 reply
Becaussse Giovannis room and TSOA have already been mentioned, I think you’ll like these too:
This is a posthumous work by Pessoa. No story but a series of anecdotes.
Lie With Me (made me cry)
On earth we’re briefly gorgeous (made me call my mom)
And if you want mystery set in the dark ages with a priest solving a series of deaths. Umberto Eco ...... 2 reply
Giovanni's room by James Baldwin
Idk? I haven't read it, but i did watch the review of this book and it's basically bisexual man in a love triangle of his fiance who come back to him and Giovanni whom he have a one stand after his fiance left is now into him 1 reply
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
It's my favorite book and I found it on a list of "hardest books to read", and it was there because of its contents.
The book came out in 1938, and it's an anti war book. The story is about an American WWI solider that after being hit by a bomb shell he lost all his limbs and facial features, leaving him trapped...... 1 reply
So I finished reading A little life (I am in SHAMBLES rn) and I'm back to my reading books era, so recommend me the BEST books (if it could be sad or dark or traumatic or just like a little life it would be great) you've ever read. Also I LOVE plot twists btw so recommend me stuff that will blow my mind (I'm not really into detective stories tho) It can be online novels (stuff like orv as an example) or wtv it don't matter
Lord, I have sooooooooo many (I think I have a problem), but the repetitive dialogue/explanation whatever-you-call it. Like the author will once say something like "His psychotic tendencies make him lash out and people fear him, but I understand him so I know how to bypass that and talk to him in ways others can't, so that makes me 'special' and 'd...... reply
I also have a pet peeve with OOC esp if it’s a character I like and the fic just butcher them horribly. First person povs are also a no for me. I was reading a smut fic yesterday and it was in first person (of one of the characters), I had to exit it outta there idk how reader x character readers do it but it’s a huge no for me. 2 reply