Anonymous
05/25/2025 12:22
Subject: Re:s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Murderbot. It is by far the most relatable depiction of social anxiety I've read.
Anonymous
05/25/2025 12:04
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous[b wrote:]Lee Fiora fans - do check out Sittenfeld's new story collection Show Don't Tell. Not saying any more! [/b]
Natalia Leonova from Juhea Kim's City of Night Birds
I read this relatively recently but think about this character all the time
Cal Hooper + a few other chracters from the newer series by Tana French (The Searcher, The Hunter). I am really cautious about even slightly spoiling so I don't want to specifically name the other characters.
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Yes! I got the book at the library because I've always wondered what happened to Lee. And I was not disappointed!
That’s interesting! I had the opposite reaction. I just could feel her emotions as deeply this time. The story just felt ordinary.
I don't disagree with you, but that seemed reasonable and right to me since we're now seeing Lee as an adult. At the same time, her observations about her classmates were so keenly observed and so slyly funny -- she's still the same Lee, but more comfortable with herself and more willing to go after what she wants. That felt like a happy ending to me.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 19:30
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Sherman, Maria, and Judy from The Bonfire of the Vanities.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 19:28
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous[b wrote:]Lee Fiora fans - do check out Sittenfeld's new story collection Show Don't Tell. Not saying any more! [/b]
Natalia Leonova from Juhea Kim's City of Night Birds
I read this relatively recently but think about this character all the time
Cal Hooper + a few other chracters from the newer series by Tana French (The Searcher, The Hunter). I am really cautious about even slightly spoiling so I don't want to specifically name the other characters.
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Yes! I got the book at the library because I've always wondered what happened to Lee. And I was not disappointed!
That’s interesting! I had the opposite reaction. I just could feel her emotions as deeply this time. The story just felt ordinary.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 13:08
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Anonymous wrote:Antonia from My Antonia.
+1
Anonymous
05/23/2025 13:07
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Jude st. Francis 😭😭😭
Anonymous
05/23/2025 13:05
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Quentin from The Magicians. Grossman nailed what depression actually looks like.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 13:04
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Tommy from Never Let Me Go.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 13:04
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Pip, Stella, Miss Havisham, Joe Gargery and Pip's sister from Great Expectations.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 12:43
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Rocky from Project Hail Mary
Anonymous
05/23/2025 12:40
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Humbert Humbert.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 12:38
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Antonia from My Antonia.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 11:49
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
The characters in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian.
I will also never look at trees the same way after reading this book (read it twice).
I will also never look at trees the same way after reading this book (read it twice).
Anonymous
05/23/2025 11:30
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Anonymous wrote:Anne of Green Gables.
Anne and Gil.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 00:34
Subject: s/o characters that stay with you after you finish the book
Anne of Green Gables.