Quick background — I was never a reader really, and this year decided to get into it. I just finished my 62nd book of the year!
I’ve been reading such a wide variety of things to get a grasp on what I enjoy reading and to just generally see what I’ve been missing out on.
*But* I have a unique trigger, and I’d rather know upfront what books to avoid so I can keep my reading as a cozy comfy habit vs something that’s going to fire all of my emotions around.
We lost our 2.5 year old son’s identical twin, and any book that mentions twins is trigger for me – *especially* twin deaths, but really just any twin references. I’ve been unexpectedly thrown off by:
A Wrinkle In Time, Verity, When Breath Becomes Air and Angela’s Ashes.
If you could help warn me of what other books I should avoid I’d be sincerely grateful. Thanks.
by Bubbly_Bag_9540
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Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Patrick White: *The Solid Mandala*
Hermann Hesse: *Narziss and Goldmund*
I can’t recall if they’re actually twins, but closely linked brothers anyway.
*Three Dark Crowns* by Kendare Blake (triplets but I think it still counts)
The Harry Potter series.
‘Unsettled Ground’ by Claire Fuller (the main characters are a twin brother and sister). Also definitely avoid ‘Sunset Song’ by Lewis Grassic Gibbon.
The Poppy War is probably one to avoid.
Gone with the wind by Margaret Mitchell.
Don’t read the Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice.
Or The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Cutting for Stone, Verghese
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
I am so sorry for your loss.
A few to avoid: The God of Small Things, Slade House, Kelly Link’s short story “The Specialist’s Hat.”
ASOIF series (aka Game of Thrones) by George RR Martin
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffnegger
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Other by Thomas Tryon
The Charlotte Winters series by LT Vargus and Tim McBain
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Sending you strength and hugs.
You shouldn’t read:-
God of Small Things
Kane and Abel (Archer)
Palace of Illusions
Harry Potter series