Title. I want really depressing books with somewhat of a “light at the end of the tunnel” tone to it. I’m open to pretty much any genre, but I do have a preference for more mystical worlds/aesthetics. by deadvaporeon Related: M/F non-modern romance where the MMC is significantly older? A book that absorbs me and makes me happy Native American Culture pre-European Colonization Help me decide I’d like to read books or articles of READING LISTS that are cool and will take me to the end of my life?
wineANDpretzel on October 19, 2023 1:07 am {{The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath}} – ending can be seen as ambiguous though
jefrye on October 19, 2023 2:19 am {{The Remains of the Day}}. Also {{Hangsaman}}, which is essentially Shirley Jackson’s version of The Bell Jar.
zihuatapulco on October 19, 2023 2:57 am Two-book story, by Moritz Thomsen: *The Farm on the River of Emeralds,* and *The Saddest Pleasure.*
unlovelyladybartleby on October 19, 2023 3:07 am She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb Or anything by Wally Lamb. Tragic with a brief light at the end is kind of his jam
Similar-Raspberry639 on October 19, 2023 3:31 am The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, but honestly anything by Kristin Hannah fits that vibe. I also liked Winter Garden and The Nightingale
annvictory on October 19, 2023 2:09 pm Lincoln Highway- Amor Towles. The endings for characters are mixed. Not mystical, but really beautiful book. CW: suicide, death, childhood trauma
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{{The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath}} – ending can be seen as ambiguous though
{{The Remains of the Day}}.
Also {{Hangsaman}}, which is essentially Shirley Jackson’s version of The Bell Jar.
Two-book story, by Moritz Thomsen: *The Farm on the River of Emeralds,* and *The Saddest Pleasure.*
To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers maybe
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Or anything by Wally Lamb. Tragic with a brief light at the end is kind of his jam
{{Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom}}
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, but honestly anything by Kristin Hannah fits that vibe. I also liked Winter Garden and The Nightingale
{{The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne}}
Lincoln Highway- Amor Towles. The endings for characters are mixed. Not mystical, but really beautiful book.
CW: suicide, death, childhood trauma