fictional books that tackle the dark side of beauty
looking for fictional books that creatively uses "the dark side of beauty" as an all around theme! could be self, societal views, how it impacts characters' lives, etc! the more unhinged the better lol
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If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
Doesn’t fall into the “unhinged” category, but tackles the dark side of South Korea’s beauty standards and obsession with plastic surgery
Natural beauty by Ling Ling Huang – a woman starts working for a beauty company – things gets very unhinged. Lot of trigger warnings for body horror.
North of beautiful by Justina Chen – YA, been awhile since I read it but I remember enjoying it
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray – YA, silly yet somewhat dark satire
{{Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie}} is about a Nigerian woman who questions what beauty means for a Black woman.
Unhinged for sure. Rouge by Mona Awad
The picture of Dorian gray by Oscar Wilde!
Look at Me by Jennifer Egan is phenomenal
Mona Awad has a couple of books in that vein, Rogue and 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl