books that made me feel hopeless, or perhaps like I was drowning; or trapped in small town in a particularly humid summer.
Beautifully written, poignant and sad. Suffocating.
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
I love a sad, self saboteur. Sign me right up.
Here in the Dark by Alexis Soloski
This is a languid book. It is a character study, an insight into two people’s dynamic. It is beautiful. It is sad. I found myself in these pages and sharing it feels like exposing myself.
Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas
This is my favorite book of all time. I’d recommend going into it completely blind and letting the experience take you.
A hazy, suffocating summer to which there is truly no end
Greenwich by Kate Broad
This is described as a thriller, I think it’s a little slow and sad for that. But it is different and sticky and a little weird and very messed up.
Girls with Long Shadows: A Southern Gothic Thriller of Identical Sisters Torn ...
Beautifully atmospheric and claustrophobic. Gothic and humid. Devastating but like 1% lovely? Just read it.
Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews
I mean the title of this list explains this book better than I could do. It’s sad and suffocating and you feel like you’re drowning.
And the River Drags Her Down by Jihyun Yun
The feeling of being trapped in motherhood and in an old house pressing down on you…
You Did Nothing Wrong by C.G. Drews
A languid story about how trauma permeates and burrows into your body for your whole life… basically
Whidbey by T Kira Madden
This one is humid and claustrophobic and beautiful and seasonal and strange and happy and sad. Def read.
Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell
I kind of didn’t like this book but also really liked it. I love what the author did with cannibalism. I loved being stuck inside this castle full of strange people and stranger precedents. I loved each of the voices of the main characters. Didn’t lo...
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling - Goodreads
Stifling southern murder mystery
Blood River Witch by T.J. Martinson - Penguin Random House
