I Who Have Never Known Men hole

I finished this book in a day and now I feel this massive hole left in my soul because of it. I’ve never had a book make me feel this way, and I can’t believe how long it sat on my shelf before I read it. I wish I savored it, but it was too gripping.

That being said, I am desperate to get into something like this again. I wouldn’t mind a bit more of an uplifting ending, because man, it was hard to sleep while feeling that lost and depressed for “the child”. Although, I sort of enjoyed that there was no fake feel goodness.

I don’t know. Anything you have read that came close to this, please suggest to me. 🖤