The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen*
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope*
Funny Story by Emily Henry
This is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter*
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks*
Leave No Trace by Jo Callaghan
The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton*
Both Freud and Jung made a good livng from unhinged theories with no objective evidence to back them. They were stories, and we love stories. I think of this pair of frauds as Mr Carnality and Mr Spirituality.
If therapy works, it's because someone is prepared to focus their full attention on what patients are saying.
I mostly keep track of books on #StoryGraph so I was a little surprised after finishing All The Light We Cannot See by #AnthonyDoerr that of all the people who answered ‘Flaws of characters a main focus’ only 38% said Yes 🤔 I mean Werner is a complex sympathetic character but the ways he is complicit in Nazism is a major driver of the plot. If that ain’t a character flaw I don’t know what is! Nevertheless that complexity is part of why it’s a great book that avoids cliche @bookstodon
@bookstodon@diazona I 100% agree with you on both. That question could be interpreted many ways. Werner’s unease over his actions as a member of the German army is absolutely the driving force of his section of the novel though!
As to other ways character flaws can drive a novel: I just read The Prestige which has an unreliable narrator and 91% said flaws are a main driver of plot. Plus it is a great book.
Can you make something true just by #writing it down? Jenny Erpenbeck traces a paper trail in Sloughing Off One Skin, translated by Michael Hofmann.
Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Erpenbeck talk about borders, endings and the slippery business of #fiction at https://fictionable.world
Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women by Sarah Bargiela, 2019
Autism in women and girls is still not widely understood, and is often misrepresented or even overlooked. This graphic novel offers an engaging and accessible insight into the lives and minds of autistic women, using real-life case studies.
SURPRISINGLY TENDER HORROR tale uses clear, precise prose to capture the profound uncanniness of liminal spaces like a shopping mall in decline, with the accompanying terrors of aging and loss of ability. Insightful and scary! B PLUS
In this month's #PrideAndPossibilities, Sophie Spruce, editor, writes about the truth behind chick-lit by looking at the realism in Austen's romances were more than romance.
My other hobby (other than computer science and language learning) is the history of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity.
Ehrman’s works are great if you’re interested in the field. Easily the most accessible, IMHO, for a layperson. Obviously don’t limit yourself to one author in any field, but he’s an excellent place to start.