Firstly – I tried Natalie Haynes and couldn't do it, I don't like her writing style, whereas I LOVE Madeline Miller's style. I love greek mythology but it was her lyricism that made me love the books.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow was just beautiful start to finish.
Books I've loved in the past: Chocolat, I Capture the Castle, Slaughterhouse 5. Can't remember any others in all honesty. Edited because I remembered: traumatising but I loved the Kite Runner, and A Thousand Splendid Suns <3
I consumed Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney) in a day – LOVED her writing style but it was a little too emotionally unhinged haha – I want to read characters that have it together *slightly* more – but only slightly!
Looking for something with a similarly feminist vibe, with a heartwarming (but realistic) ending, nothing TOO hardcore graphic / traumatic but a little bit is fine, beautifully written, with complex themes and characters, rather than being too simplistic / stereotyped. Can be modern or historical or mythological, or even fantasy, but not anything too chunky.
Can you help?
by Ill-Quantity-9909
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Okay we have some overlap – below is a list in no real order for you to consider. I’d always call my favourite genre interesting books by women about interesting women. Note – I’ve asterixed some of the more emotionally unhinged characters (I personally love them but understand!).
Such a fun age
Really good actually
Rebecca
Heartburn
The Guest*
Yellowface*
Station eleven
My brilliant friend
Bright Young Women
My sister the serial killer *
Little fires everywhere
The Girls*
If you liked Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow…. Try her earlier book {{The Storied Life of A J Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin}}
The Red Tent