Tender is the flesh, I closed the book with my jaw on the floor
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Brother Ania Ahlborn
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– **Gone Girl** by Gillian Flynn, but only if you haven’t seen the movie or heard spoilers.
– **The Three Body Problem** trilogy by Liu Cixin. The books are an alternate timeline history about oppression, revolution, aliens and time travel. But the writing is so powerful. Every single sentence is enough to knock the wind right out of you. Here is a teeny snippet from the very first page of he first book:
*”And then half of her young head was blown away, and only a single, beautiful eye remained to stare at the blue sky of 1967. There was no pain in that gaze, only solidified devotion and yearning.
And yet, compared to some others, she was fortunate. At least she died in the throes of passionately sacrificing herself for an ideal.”*
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*Earthlings* by Sayaka Murata
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Sharp objects by Gillian Flynn, didn’t see that one coming
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Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris
_The City and the City_ got me.
Tender is the flesh, I closed the book with my jaw on the floor
Brother Ania Ahlborn
– **Gone Girl** by Gillian Flynn, but only if you haven’t seen the movie or heard spoilers.
– **The Three Body Problem** trilogy by Liu Cixin. The books are an alternate timeline history about oppression, revolution, aliens and time travel. But the writing is so powerful. Every single sentence is enough to knock the wind right out of you. Here is a teeny snippet from the very first page of he first book:
*”And then half of her young head was blown away, and only a single, beautiful eye remained to stare at the blue sky of 1967. There was no pain in that gaze, only solidified devotion and yearning.
And yet, compared to some others, she was fortunate. At least she died in the throes of passionately sacrificing herself for an ideal.”*
*Earthlings* by Sayaka Murata
Sharp objects by Gillian Flynn, didn’t see that one coming
The Hike by Drew Magary!