For me it was Gerald’s Game by Stephen King. I think it’s a fantastic novel with amazing character development. The main character is extremely realistic and well written. Despite the seemingly silly premise, I was invested throughout the entire thing. The main character’s development is really what sells it for me.
That being said, I am absolutely not reading it again anytime soon. There are two scenes in particular(if you’ve the book I’m sure you know) that managed to make extremely uncomfortable, mortified, and disgusted. My biggest fear is being trapped and helpless, so this book really got to me. Fantastic book, I’m never picking it up again.
Either that or Lord of the Flies… Dear God.
No Longer Human. It gave me a huge amount of anxiety and a feeling of alienation from reading it that can’t be properly described. If I read it and it gives me that feeling again, it would not be a pleasant experience. If I read it and it doesn’t give me that feeling again, the book will no longer seem as powerful as it once did and will lessen my memories of it.
Just finished reading this and I agree with the alienation portion, especially since I veer toward introvertedness.
Just finished reading this and I agree with the alienation portion, especially since I veer toward introvertedness.
Oh yeah I feel this one. Whenever I read it I was put in a funky state of mind for the rest of the day. We keep waiting to see the man happy, but it’s always one step forward, five steps back. The fact that it’s based on the author’s experiences, and that he killed himself six months after it was published is stunning and heartbreaking.