i’ve read a couple books like this recently and the way this kind of narrative is written by some authors is some of the most gripping, gruesome and completely addictive writing i’ve ever read!
that being said, it has to be done right and i feel like similar novels don’t have the same kick as the others. would love to hear anything you guys have read like this!
by charliedavies_
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I’m not exactly sure what you mean about losing control, but I really enjoy books where the main character slowly goes mad…so that’s what I’ll give you.
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling
Don’t know if we’re on the same page (yuck yuck) defining “loses control”, but Robert Stone’s work and some of Graham Greene does that. Especially Stone’s *Dog Soldiers, Damascus Gate, Outerbridge Reach,* and *A Flag For Sunrise.* People on the ragged edge variously falling off and clawing (or trying to claw) their way back into control of something. *The Power And The Glory* by Greene, and Robert Bingham’s *Lightning On The Sun* have something to say about losing control, too.
Possibly Chouette, which is an allegory about having a special needs child and the mother becomes more protective and obsessed with caring for her child reaching an almost feral state.
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
Remains of the day
Roadside Picnic by Strugatsky
Flowers for Algernon?
I remember the novel Karoo by Steve Tesich as being sort of like this.
{{Black Wings Has My Angel}}
Lolita maybe? The main character is pretty irredeemable from the start, but it’s interesting to watch him lose his mind throughout the course of the story
The Guest, Emma Cline
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Every last word(?) maybe