I have always loved to read. Beyond just a pastime, books have been my friends, an escape, solace. But there are 2 that have left lasting impressions above and beyond the others. As a child, it was King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry. As an adult, it is The Good Soldiers by David Finkel.
I’ve enjoyed so many books over the years and most have stuck with me. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly why these 2 surpassed the others because many books tell great stories, have great characters, and are beautifully written.
They’re obviously very different books but emotionally they are the same. They affected me so deeply and the memories are so rich, I feel I’ve actually lived them both.
The follow up to Good Soldiers, Thank You for Your Service, is more well known because it was made into a movie with Miles Teller. I have read it and it’s wonderful, but The Good Soldiers transported me to Iraq, put a rifle in my hand, and killed my friends.
I am looking for books like this. Any genre, any age group. Any book that is so ingrained you feel like it’s a part of your life story.
I am not recommending you the book cause that book got triggering things mentioned, like a vivid sucide attempt and a couple of self harm stuff. I was in 7th or 8th gradeand i read this book by Preity Shenoy “Life is what you make it” and it left a mark on me… It might be cause of my age… The book was about mental health, how to tackle it all and the most important thing it does that it ends on a note where things weren’t good but they weren’t as bad as before and it resonated with me somehow. It made me awfully optimistic, it taught me something that was precious. I never feel mentally sick, yes obviously there were a llot of low times in my life but still in those i worked as hard as i could and sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn’t but i never felt too bad about it.
It was a weird book, or maybe it was the time when i read it…