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if you've got more than one, tell me which in the tags! reblog for reach and all that jazz.

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Wow did not expect the book to end with speculation on whether the main character is about to get scooped up by a cougar. The cougar is the press secretary to the president btw.

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Reading Poor Man's Fight by Elliot Kay. I'm starting to love military scifi. The structure and chain of command is incredibly appealing to me. And i love space! This one however has appealed to me more than usual. I listen to it while working and it's given me a bit of an epiphany. In the book the main character Tanner gets put on the St. Jude with a crew that kinda hates him for no reason and doesn't train him. And I'm like- wow this is exactly how I feel.

Being an overachieving autistic youth I relate so hard to Tanner. While my own experience at work has been more of a net positive than him in the military. The struggles with toxic coworkers/superiors, not being trained properly, and overachieving just... Hits hard.

Especially all the stuff where he never makes a connection with his crewmates. And every little thing he does or says is wrong to them. As an autistic person. Oh. My. God. I have never related to a character more. And it hurts. Anyways can't wait to read this guys further exploits.

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Contemporary weird fiction reading list

A chart of New Weird books and other bizarre, unsettling, and uncanny literature published in the last 30 years or so. This is a follow-up to my previous chart of classic weird fiction and another selection from my list of over 200 works of weird literature.

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Anyone got fucked up ya recs where fucked up things happen. A La Neal Shusterman.

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Im gonna lowkey advertise my favorite book- the insignia trilogy has a lot of elements that would appeal to the whump community like-

long lasting consequences, trauma, brainwashing (science fiction) and the after effects, frostbite, forced confinement, surveillance, betrayal, blackmail, whumper turned caretaker, interrogations , torture, brainwashing (horribly mundane) and the after effects. And all these things are pretty well explored. I mean. In the last book id say 50 pages is dedicated to the mc going through such horrific psychological torture that he basically develops an alter and becomes a different person. And then the rest of the book is him dealing with the consequences of what happened while he was imprisoned. Both in the world and himself. It's great.

Besides the whump its just really fun. The characters are loveable, it has one of the best mentor characters of all time, like what if snape was well written. It has a terrifying antagonist. Very fun side characters. Very fun love interests. Very good series. Love it.

So, I have a question for you guys. How many of you guys read actual books with whump? I’m trying to find books that are whumpy, but whenever I try to find books with that sort of tag or plot, they’re always just books with basic violence/fighting or action or two-page-long captivities that leave no effect on the character that can’t be talked out in the next chapter. What I’m looking for is books with characters that face conditioning, characters that get captured and hurt as a main plotline of the story, ones that get rescued by the protagonist or whoever, even the villain, but ones that actually suffer and get a recovery arc. I ask you guys because I feel like the whump community is way more likely to be able to find books like this, that have the tropes that we read and write about here as opposed to readers who stick mostly to well-known normal book tropes. I just haven’t seen any books with a classic feel of whump and recovery that are made into plots. I love reading small series here, of course, but sometimes I’d like to find a book with the same interests that I have here, you know? If any of you guys have any recommendations for YA novels or series that are like this please please please let me know :) bones points for a good rescue scene, I love me some sweet angsty reunions or protective caretakers

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You've gotta love the Eminence in shadow cuz it's just like

24/7

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some of us just don’t want to read problematic white authors so ao3 is our only option 🤷‍♀️

oh there is no saving youse

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Anyone have dogshit ya recs. I need a new punching bag

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One thing I was really upset about in The Marrow Thieves was the blatant fatphobia. There's only one fat character. His name is slobber. He eats a lot. He has no other definable traits. The author is skinny. Really sucks going into a story about a marginalized group that perpetuates awful stereotypes of another.

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Unravel me was the worst thing I've ever read ever so I'm excited for ignite me it has to be worse

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me: write a normal or at least interesting fucking romance please I’m begging you

mainstream ya authors apparently: haha horrifyingly toxic and manipulative edgy older man go brrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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I love reading bad books, it’s literally so fun

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Me and my friend read lightlark cause we were bored and wanted a laugh, please enjoy some of my favourite memes from the experience. All of these are courtesy of my friend so everyone say thank you bestie

Oh and yes, it's as 'bad' as you're probably imagining it to be. The writing was painfully bad, almost all the time. Sorry Alex...

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I haven't read lightlark but I'm 100% convinced the magic Starstick is one of these bad boys

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Me reading reviews thrashing a book I'll never read but I love drama