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UNHINGED GIRL books that RUINED ME (in a good way)
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items behold! and prepare to be emotionally and psychologically creeped, disturbed by this list of fictional books about female rage. do you think female are not unhinged? WELL, THEY ARE.
there's a very few compelling psychological thriller set in the 50s and this book really emphasizing the role of women, motherhood, and mental health especially the housewife of that era. one thing for sure, i never would have survived the 50s housew...
The Mad Wife by Meagan Church
again another unhinged book about women set in the 60s this time. it was adapted into film though so interesting... she's 24, works at a juvie prison, lives with her alcoholic cop dad who thinks she's disgusting. sweaty, constipated, repressed, hasn'...
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
i loved the grim interiority of this novel about a young woman in a desperate, needful relationship with a man who doesn't love her well. this is rly sad, gut wrenching and messed up :(
Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan
this is RLY made me grossed out and sick but weirdly in a funny way(?) Winifred Notty is a full-blown psychopath who dressed as a governess and has been plotting murder since she was a child. she hates kids, rich people, and is just waiting for someo...
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
this book stopped me right in my tracks, i mean literally. i read it in the span of six hours and could not put it down. a depressed immigrant daughter office job apocalypse girl who photographs empty NYC and joins a cult. she's not feeling good at a...
Severance by Ling Ma
basically toxic, hot, unemployed fetish photographer girlboss who is actually a serial killer. she drinks, smokes, manipulates boys, and obv has zero self-awareness. it's like Fleabag but make her a psychopath
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark
this is my favorite genre of female rage so far. super interesting and very well written take on Greek mythology follows Clytemnestra, the daughter of Spartan king and the wife of Agamemnon. it's still in the vein of "Circe". full of pain, anger, bet...
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati
this is depressing af. broke hot mess Black girl loses job and apartment, moves in with her white married boyfriend and his wife. it's all about loneliness and everyone feeling lost no matter their age or money
Luster by Raven Leilani
it would be a crime if i don't add MYORAR to this list. this book was like watching someone self destruct in real time. depressing, aimless, and weirdly compelling. pretty, rich, 26, lives in a huge apartment she decides she wants to SLEEP FOR A WHOL...
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
just reread this cause it's freaking good. definitely will stick with me for awhile. iy's about Gilda. 26, lesbian, works at a Catholic church even though she's an atheist, because she needed a job and didn't know how to say no. she has crippling anx...
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
this harsh, stunning, stimulating work of the author is an intense punch to the gut. it's truly disturbing, bold, visceral, and complex. Joan ruins her life even before the story started. everyone wants her but nobody actually likes her. she leaves N...
Animal by Lisa Taddeo
to simply put it, GRUESOME and BRUTAL. there's a lot of body horror and cannibalistic in it which i found them very sacrilegious. just from the title itself definitely not for everyone but it's fun if you looking for a challenging book. Crying in H-M...
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
a grandma serial killer??? like that Granny game, yes. the plot is brilliant. diabolical and twisted. Lottie Jones may look harmless but she's deadly inside
Too Old for This by Samantha Downing
it is one of the most unique and memorable reading experiences. the story follows Mary a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. fired from her job in New York, she moves back to her hometown, hoping to reconnect with he...
Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy
Mary is 16, Black, and in juvie for allegedly killing a white baby she was babysitting when she was 9. She says she didn't do it. Everyone says she did. Now she's pregnant in juvie and the media is obsessed with her, and she has to decide whether to ...
Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson