ItsYaBoiBananaBoi@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Literature@beehaw.org · 1 year agoWhat is the most disturbing book you have ever read?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most disturbing book you have ever read?ItsYaBoiBananaBoi@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Literature@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
Comment what books have caused you to become distressed, traumatized, or unsettled in any way. Please elaborate as to why.
minus-squarebonzo22@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI don’t know if disturbing is the word I’d use but Empire Falls left me feeling profoundly sad for a few weeks after finishing it. It was a beautiful book and I’d recommend it to anyone but it definitely stuck with me for a bit and was hard to shake
minus-squareItsYaBoiBananaBoi@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAs long as it unsettles you in some way, it counts.
I don’t know if disturbing is the word I’d use but Empire Falls left me feeling profoundly sad for a few weeks after finishing it. It was a beautiful book and I’d recommend it to anyone but it definitely stuck with me for a bit and was hard to shake
As long as it unsettles you in some way, it counts.