Basically what the title says: Is there any fiction book you’ve ever read that has emotionally or intellectually connected with you so much it changed the way you viewed the world, changed the way you viewed yourself or changed the way you viewed life (your own or in general)?
If so…
- What book was it?
- Why did it connect so well with you?
- How did it make you feel?
- And how did it change you?
Just to emphasize, I’m solely asking about works of fiction here. So nothing like reading just an academic book on philosophy or a self-help book or something.
Slaughterhouse Five when he mentions “they will all want dignity I suppose” and damn that stuck with me. Everyone wants dignity and it’s silly but I think it made me more empathetic.
The Giver I read as a child and it made me look for the magic in moments. I’ve never lost that. Just stopping and appreciating the small magic of that very moment in time.