I like to read books with "broken" characters. Usually there is an emotional or psychological issue with the character, but occasionally there is a physical handicap. It all started in elementary/middle school, when I would pick up books about suicidal, run away/kidnapped, drug addicted teenagers such as The Face on the Milk Carton. I thought I would share a list of some of my favorites.
- I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg (I've read it so many times the cover is falling off)
- Room by Emma Donoghue (read my review)
- Change of Season by A. C. Dillon (read my review)
- Still Missing by Chevy Stevens (read my review)
- Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson (read my review)
- Old Wounds series by N. K. Smith (read my review of book 1)
- Slave by Sherri Hayes (read my review)
- Plain Jane by Scheldia Benefield (read my review)
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I love these sorts of stories! Other suggestions:
ReplyDeleteAlias Grace - Margaret Atwood
White Oleander - Janet Fitch
Wintergirls - Laurie Halse Andersen
Cracked Up To Be - Courtney Summers
The Hanged Man - Francesca Lia Block
Gerald's Game - Stephen King
Shine - Lauren Myracle
I've also been recommended Gillian Flynn's work and it's in my to-read list.
Just what I need - more books for my TBR pile. LOL. Thanks!
DeleteI don't really like stories like that. They make me feel...icky. For whatever reason. I do like to read romances in which one of the characters has experienced something devastating in their past. Not only do we get a romance/HEA, but if the author is any good, we get to see the hurting person begin to put themselves back together with the support of their new loved one. I like my books to be mostly happy.
ReplyDeleteFor the most part I think they all have happy endings. I like the healing process - the strength of the human spirit - that the stories portray.
DeleteI love Wally Lamb books for that very reason.
ReplyDeleteAny author who can evoke emotion through prose is worth reading. Sometimes that emotion can be a laugh out loud and at others tears of happiness or sadness. Most of us have experienced these emotions but few writers have a consistant ability to bring them out with that magical combination of plot and character.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Painless by Derek Ciccone? I like conflict in my characters too, but not so much that they are irredeemable.
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