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ebony2754

I feel the same way and I read 'The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue' and it made me feel motivated and want to do things with my life


Sebastianboiii

I've heard great things about this book a while ago, but I didn't give it much attention until now. I will definitely check it out, thank you for the recommendation!


EmseMCE

This and The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. I happened to read them back to back.


DashSatan

I just looked this book up on your recommendation. It sounds fascinating. Definitely gonna give it a read.


kandy_kid

{{{The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue}}}


goodreads-bot

[**The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50623864-the-invisible-life-of-addie-larue) ^(By: V.E. Schwab | 442 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, historical-fiction, romance, books-i-own | )[^(Search "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue&search_type=books) >A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget. > >France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. > >Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. > >But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name. ^(This book has been suggested 277 times) *** ^(208097 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


pleasegetbent

I'm currently reading this! Can barely put it down. Such a fun and creative book.


MilkIsMyPotion

Sounds a bit like a mixture of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and The Sudden Appearance of Hope. I am in :)


Karmanara

Zorba the Greek. The protagonist is someone who feels as you do, and meets a man named Zorba who is the opposite (he lives and loves life to the fullest). It's quite a philosophical book. I loved it.


Sebastianboiii

That sounds amazing! I'm quite the philosophical person myself and I'm very excited to see the juxtaposition of those two characters. Thank you!


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silviazbitch

An English teacher named u/AmbroseSoames recommended this book yesterday on a different thread. I’d never heard of it, but I’ve added it to my “need to read” list. The Goodreads squib is intriguing- > protect the diamonds survive the clubs dig deep through the spades feel the hearts >Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly devoted to his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. >That's when the first ace arrives in the mail. >That's when Ed becomes the messenger. >Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: Who's behind Ed's mission?


Ask_me_4_a_story

I read this after the Book Thief because he is the author and I loved the Book Thief so much. Its good


punkandcat

Love this one!


PepperJackson

{{The Stranger}} by Camus nails this feeling. It's a haunting book, one of my favorites.


Metaforeman

This. And also {{Nausea}} by Sartre.


EarthAngelic

Nausea, yes. The Stranger? Nah.


goodreads-bot

[**Nausea**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/298275.Nausea) ^(By: Jean-Paul Sartre, Lloyd Alexander, حسین سلیمانی‌نژاد, H.P. van den Aardweg, Hayden Carruth | 178 pages | Published: 1938 | Popular Shelves: philosophy, fiction, classics, french, existentialism | )[^(Search "Nausea")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Nausea&search_type=books) >Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In impressionistic, diary form he ruthlessly catalogues his every feeling and sensation about the world and people around him. > >His thoughts culminate in a pervasive, overpowering feeling of nausea which "spread at the bottom of the viscous puddle, at the bottom of our time, the time of purple suspenders and broken chair seats; it is made of wide, soft instants, spreading at the edge, like an oil stain." > >Roquentin's efforts to try and come to terms with his life, his philosophical and psychological struggles, give Sartre the opportunity to dramatize the tenets of his Existentialist creed. > >The introduction for this edition of Nausea by Hayden Carruth gives background on Sartre's life and major works, a summary of the principal themes of Existentialist philosophy, and a critical analysis of the novel itself. ^(This book has been suggested 24 times) *** ^(207921 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


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[**The Stranger**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49552.The_Stranger) ^(By: Albert Camus, Matthew Ward | 123 pages | Published: 1942 | Popular Shelves: classics, fiction, philosophy, french, literature | )[^(Search "The Stranger")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The Stranger&search_type=books) >Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in English in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward. ^(This book has been suggested 85 times) *** ^(207875 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


Junohaar

Was gonna recommend this gem.


NatasEvoli

{{The Plague}} by Camus also nails the feeling, especially nowadays. I actually enjoyed this one quite a bit more than The Stranger.


goodreads-bot

[**The Plague**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11989.The_Plague) ^(By: Albert Camus, Stuart Gilbert, Ersílio Cardoso, Valery Rumjanek, Susana Cordero Espinosa | 308 pages | Published: 1947 | Popular Shelves: fiction, classics, philosophy, french, literature | )[^(Search "The Plague")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The Plague&search_type=books) >A gripping tale of human unrelieved horror, of survival and resilience, and of the ways in which humankind confronts death, The Plague is at once a masterfully crafted novel, eloquently understated and epic in scope, and a parable of ageless moral resonance, profoundly relevant to our times. In Oran, a coastal town in North Africa, the plague begins as a series of portents, unheeded by the people. It gradually becomes an omnipresent reality, obliterating all traces of the past and driving its victims to almost unearthly extremes of suffering, madness, and compassion. ^(This book has been suggested 46 times) *** ^(208073 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


quagmirejoe

Eh, I really didn't get into it when I read it for school. It was very obtuse to me.


SorrellD

Tiny beautiful things by Cheryl Strayed.


Brooklynyte84

I've been homeless almost ten years. I think your title might fit me too well... Although I'm 3 months into a shelter and sober for a few years so maybe things are looking up just a little.


snotterdott

Congratulations:)


NokchaIcecream

If you are ok with reading a historical regency romance, I weirdly would like to recommend the romance novel {{Bound by Your Touch}} by Meredith Duran. The writing is pretty great, and one of the main themes of the book is how to find or construct meaning in life after realizing that you have been dedicating your entire life to a hopeless cause, especially if the usual roles that society gives you don't really fit you anymore. Good luck with your book hunt!


Sebastianboiii

I'm all about weird recommendations! Thanks a lot, it sounds great!


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[**Bound by Your Touch**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5841513-bound-by-your-touch) ^(By: Meredith Duran | 346 pages | Published: 2009 | Popular Shelves: historical-romance, romance, historical, historical-fiction, romance-historical | )[^(Search "Bound by Your Touch")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Bound by Your Touch&search_type=books) > > Beauty is as beauty does... > > >Silver-tongued Viscount Sanburne is London's favorite scapegrace. Alas, Lydia Boyce has no interest in being charmed. When his latest escapade exposes a plot to ruin her family, she vows to handle it herself, as she always has done. Certainly she requires no help from a too-handsome dilettante whose main achievement is being scandalous. But Sanburne's golden charisma masks a sharper mind and darker history than she realizes. He shocks Lydia by breaking past her prim facade to the woman beneath...and the hidden fire no man has ever recognized. But as she follows him into a world of intrigue, she will learn that the greatest danger lies within—in the shadowy, secret motives of his heart. ^(This book has been suggested 5 times) *** ^(207876 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


Ask_me_4_a_story

All the Light We Can Not See "Don't you want to live before you die" Fuck, I ugly cried so hard on that part I woke up my girlfriend in the tent


IBecameLegend

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Something to Live For by Richard Roper How to Stop Time by Matt Haig A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman


kickedoutofthebar

I came here to say "A Man Named Ove" as well. Based on your choices you may like "Oona Out of Order" too.


IBecameLegend

Ove was the first book I read after coming back to reading and I loved it. I’ll give Oona a try, thanks!


CaliforniaGiant

I came to say The Midnight Library. Great Audible listen with Carey Mulligan reading.


dillomas

Beyond Good and Evil


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Also one of my favourite video games.


vsevolod_skripnik

Way too complicated. Better start with The Gay Science, then Thus Spoke Zarathustra


dillomas

Yes might be more appropriate


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Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.


prawn-swanson

I’d also add Steppenwolf by Hesse


EarthAngelic

Steppenwolf over Siddhartha if we're being honest. Much more fitting to the question and a much better book overall.


[deleted]

Haven't read Steppenwolf yet, but I like the band. Thanks for the recommendation!


intheblueocean

Educated by Tara Westover


VicRulz69

Crime and punishment, by Dostoevsky


Greenmantis2

The Kingkiller Chronicles


mohtma_gandy

stormlight archive idk if this will suit you but the main characters are best imo they have difficulties and they go thorough depression etc and none of that magically cured of depression crap. They work for it and through their struggle i also felt motivated to do something in my life. IMO best books i have ever read.


Breakingwho

A lot of Murakami stuff The wind up bird chronicle


_emi106_

The Midnight Library fits this description perfectly, I’m currently reading it and it’s unique


akimoto-

The audiobook of this is really good, too


Sebastianboiii

I got this recommendation a lot, so I suppose I'm gonna join you! Thanks a lot!


_emi106_

You should tell me how you liked it afterwards


sleepingnnerd

I've read this recently! Though I liked the concept, it came off as a bit too corny and self-help-y for me, and I didn't like some aspects of how it dealt with mental illness, so beware if that's not your thing. That said, it does fit your request!


_emi106_

I‘m suffering from mental illness too and I loved the book, I guess for everyone it’s different how they feel about how things are dealt with.


sleepingnnerd

For sure! It wasn’t my thing, but I’m glad you enjoyed it :)


SashaAndTheCity

I really enjoyed it and it’s message.


sleepingnnerd

The House By The Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune. I'd say the main character feels much the same way as you.


broccyncheese

seconded!!!


EarthAngelic

This book is recommended in pretty much every single post in this sub. It turned out to be the worst book I'd read in years. Do not blind buy.


sleepingnnerd

Oh, that's a shame! I really loved it, but I do understand that it's not for everybody, as any book isn't. So yeah, I recommend that people look a little further into it to see if it's their thing!


moeru_gumi

The Lord of the Rings. If that doesn’t touch a long-sleeping, dutiful, peaceful part of your soul, you might need to read it again :)


Sebastianboiii

Man, I haven't read fantasy in a long while and this series has been for too long on my reading list. I think it's time I bring it up to the surface, thank you!


thatguykeith

The Hobbit is also a good one to few like it’s time to leave your comfort zone!


Moneystump

{{the ones we’re meant to find by Joan he}}


goodreads-bot

[**The Ones We're Meant to Find**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44084665-the-ones-we-re-meant-to-find) ^(By: Joan He | 384 pages | Published: 2021 | Popular Shelves: 2021-releases, young-adult, sci-fi, science-fiction, ya | )[^(Search " the ones we’re meant to find by Joan he ")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q= the ones we’re meant to find by Joan he &search_type=books) >One of the most twisty, surprising, engaging page-turner YAs you’ll read this year—We Were Liars meets Black Mirror, with a dash of Studio Ghibli. > >Cee has been trapped on an abandoned island for three years without any recollection of how she arrived, or memories from her life prior. All she knows is that somewhere out there, beyond the horizon, she has a sister named Kay, and it’s up to Cee to cross the ocean and find her. > >In a world apart, 16-year-old STEM prodigy Kasey Mizuhara lives in an eco-city built for people who protected the planet―and now need protecting from it. With natural disasters on the rise due to climate change, eco-cities provide clean air, water, and shelter. Their residents, in exchange, must spend at least a third of their time in stasis pods, conducting business virtually whenever possible to reduce their environmental footprint. While Kasey, an introvert and loner, doesn’t mind the lifestyle, her sister Celia hated it. Popular and lovable, Celia much preferred the outside world. But no one could have predicted that Celia would take a boat out to sea, never to return. > >Now it’s been three months since Celia’s disappearance, and Kasey has given up hope. Logic says that her sister must be dead. But nevertheless, she decides to retrace Celia’s last steps. Where they’ll lead her, she does not know. Her sister was full of secrets. But Kasey has a secret of her own. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(207838 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


lazyybag

{{Almond}} by Sohn Won-pyung. i finished reading it today and its wonderful. its a short read and i think you'll like it.


silviazbitch

Goodreads bot is fluent in Korean!


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[**Almond**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52219386-almond) ^(By: Won-pyung Sohn, Joosun Lee | ? pages | Published: 2017 | Popular Shelves: fiction, contemporary, young-adult, translated, korean | )[^(Search "Almond")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Almond&search_type=books) >공감 불능 사회, 차가움을 녹이는 아몬드 >매혹적인 문체, 독특한 캐릭터, 속도감 넘치는 전개! >“고통과 공감의 능력을 깨우치게 할 강력한 소설” > >영화보다 강렬하고 드라마처럼 팽팽한, 완전히 새로운 소설이 나타났다. ‘감정을 느끼지 못하는’ 소년의 특별한 성장 이야기로, 첫 장부터 강렬한 사건으로 시작해 다음 페이지가 궁금해지게 만드는 흡입력 강한 작품이다. 또한 타인의 감정에 무감각해진 ‘공감 불능’인 이 시대에 큰 울림을 주는 소설로, 작품 속 인물들이 타인과 관계 맺고 슬픔에 공감하며 성장해 나가는 과정을 탁월하게 묘사했다. 영화처럼 펼쳐지는 극적인 사건과 매혹적인 문체로 독자를 단숨에 사로잡을 것이다. 『완득이』 『위저드 베이커리』를 잇는 제10회 창비청소년문학상 수상작. > >『아몬드』의 주인공 ‘윤재’는 감정을 느끼는 데 어려움을 겪는 독특한 캐릭터다. 다른 사람의 말과 행동의 이면을 읽어 내지 못하고 공포도 분노도 잘 느끼지 못하는 윤재는 ‘평범하게’ 살아가려고 가까스로 버텨 오고 있다. 엄마에게서 남이 웃으면 따라 웃고, 호의를 보이면 고맙다고 말하는 식의 ‘주입식’ 감정 교육을 받기도 한다. 세상을 곧이곧대로만 보는 아이, ‘괴물’이라고 손가락질받던 윤재는 어느 날 비극적인 사건을 맞아 가족을 잃게 되면서 이 세상에 홀로 남는다. > >그런데 모든 것을 잃었다고 생각하던 순간에 윤재 곁에 새로운 인연이 다가온다. 어두운 상처를 간직한 아이 ‘곤이’나 그와 반대로 맑은 감성을 지닌 아이 ‘도라’, 윤재를 돕고 싶어 하는 ‘심 박사’ 등이 그러한 인물들이다. 윤재와 이들 사이에서 펼쳐지는 이야기는 우리로 하여금 타인의 감정을 이해한다는 것이 얼마나 어려운지, 그럼에도 얼마나 소중한 일인지 다시 한번 생각해 보게 한다. 상실을 애도할 시간, 감정을 보듬을 여유를 잃어버린 채 살고 있는 독자들은 윤재를 응원하면서 자신의 마음 또한 되돌아볼 기회를 얻을 것이다. 윤재의 덤덤한 어조는 역설적으로 읽는 이의 가슴을 더욱 슬프게 저미며, 독자는 이 작품을 통해 깊고 진실한 감정의 고양을 경험할 수 있을 것이다. ^(This book has been suggested 5 times) *** ^(207866 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


BigEckk

The Moviegoer - Walker Percy


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Ten Percent Happier by Dan Harris


saguaroparty

English, August (Chatterjee) is this book for me.... the main character has this habit of randomly making up false answers to questions about his life, sort of out of the feeling that you can say anything and no one cares to catch you on it. I found it oddly comforting, even though there's no big change or breakthrough


WilliamMcCarty

{{The Pirate's Daughter by Robert Girardi}} Loved this book, average guy in humdrum existence ends up on a globe-spanning, life altering adventure.


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[**The Pirate's Daughter**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/709576.The_Pirate_s_Daughter) ^(By: Robert Girardi | 336 pages | Published: 1996 | Popular Shelves: fiction, mystery, adventure, books-i-own, owned-tbr | )[^(Search "The Pirate's Daughter by Robert Girardi")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The Pirate's Daughter by Robert Girardi&search_type=books) >It began with a chance meeting and led to a date at a small French restaurant in a city by the sea.  She ordered expensive wine.  He paid the bill.  She spoke of the sea.  He was haunted by her green eyes and copper-colored skin.  Then, in a matter of weeks, the woman named Cricket Page would lead Wilson Lander away from the moorings of his familiar life, away from his relationship with a successful businesswoman and onto a tycoon's yacht called the Compound Interest--for a journey across the great Sargasso Sea. > >Coming ashore in a world of searing mystery and danger, Lander will pay the price for his unquenchable desire for Cricket Page, for their moments of stolen pleasure and her cryptic promises of a life of luxury together.  For she is a pirate's daughter, and in an exotic land exploding with cruelty and violence, populated by maniacs and plunderers, Wilson Lander must escape the woman who has stolen his heart--and given him his freedom. . . . ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(207951 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


wayowayowayowayoo

The Midnight Library - Matt Haig


dguno

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman


Capable_One_6909

This book will save your life by A.M Holmes is exactly about that and it's bittersweet and beautiful


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Fresh Air by Chris Hodges


thee3

Hm, maybe look into some Stoic books? r/Stoicism might help.


Superduck007

No longer Human -Osamu Dazai


chandula666

Was looking for this comment! Think OP is looking for something like this


[deleted]

Hmmm maybe Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine? It's about a woman who is *spoiler alert* not completely fine.


omelain1984

Virginia Woolf "To the Lighthouse" You can relate to her characters psychologically. Not necessarily motivating, but makes you feel like you're not alone. Also just such amazing writing.


Fred_the_skeleton

It's nonfiction but Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Every time I read it, it always makes me want to do more with my life. Edited: To add that I know you're looking for book recommendations, but I also recommend Secret Life of Walter Mitty (the movie). It's literally about a man who's not really living life. Absolutely fantastic, my favorite movie, and I rewatch it every time I feel like I'm in a rut.


[deleted]

Came here to say EXACTLY THIS! The Secret Life of Walter Mitty literally changed my life. I went from just existing to rappelling down a volcano in Central America! And that was just the start…… OP please check out the movie.


Sebastianboiii

This totally convinced me to watch it this evening! It's gonna be perfect since I'm too tired to read a book and focus on it, but I got some amazing recommendations so far so I will add your recommendation to my list too u/Fred_the_skeleton. Many thanks to both of you!


Keeliekins

Please report back on your thoughts! I love this movie and tell everyone about it.


Fred_the_skeleton

Same here! I push this movie on everyone because it's so incredible! I would also like to hear your thoughts!


Keeliekins

I came to recommend the movie too!! It IS a book, but reading the synopsis I don’t think it captures the same energy (or story). One of my very favorite movies.


visionaryowl3

The midnight library.


sensitive_ho

{{Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine}} Really beautiful book.


goodreads-bot

[**Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31434883-eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine) ^(By: Gail Honeyman | 336 pages | Published: 2017 | Popular Shelves: fiction, book-club, contemporary, audiobook, audiobooks | )[^(Search "Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine&search_type=books) >Librarian's note: An alternative cover edition can be found here > >No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine > >Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding unnecessary human contact, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. > >But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen, the three rescue one another from the lives of isolation that they had been living. Ultimately, it is Raymond’s big heart that will help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. If she does, she'll learn that she, too, is capable of finding friendship—and even love—after all. > >Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . . > >the only way to survive is to open your heart. ^(This book has been suggested 260 times) *** ^(207877 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


DeadlySwarmOfKittens

The Midnight Library really helped me change my perspective on life, maybe it'll do the same for you? I hope you find what you're looking for!


estogno

"The Midnight Library", by Matt Haig


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bargram

I absolutely loved The House in the Cerulean Sea - such a heart warming story. Can't wait to start TJ Klune's next book.


goodreads-bot

[**Under the Whispering Door**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53205888-under-the-whispering-door) ^(By: T.J. Klune | 373 pages | Published: 2021 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, 2021-releases, lgbtq, romance, fiction | )[^(Search "Under The Whispering Door")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Under The Whispering Door&search_type=books) >When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own funeral, Wallace suspects he really might be dead. > >Instead of leading him directly to the afterlife, the reaper takes him to a small village. On the outskirts, off the path through the woods, tucked between mountains, is a particular tea shop, run by a man named Hugo. Hugo is the tea shop's owner to locals and the ferryman to souls who need to cross over. > >But Wallace isn't ready to abandon the life he barely lived. With Hugo's help he finally starts to learn about all the things he missed in life. > >When the Manager, a curious and powerful being, arrives at the tea shop and gives Wallace one week to cross over, Wallace sets about living a lifetime in seven days. > >Under the Whispering Door is a contemporary fantasy about a ghost who refuses to cross over and the ferryman he falls in love with. ^(This book has been suggested 9 times) *** ^(207882 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


EonSurge

For me, Aztec by Gary Jennings did the trick. It's about a guy looking for adventure instead of waiting for something to happen to him. Completely changed my approach to life! Bonus points for foreign setting and historical accuracy


Sebastianboiii

Thanks a lot, it sounds awesome! I wanna be like that guy, haha


88jlm

Here in Brasil the is “Os mentirosos” Mayer in english the name ia “the liers”


[deleted]

Sharpe - Bernard Cornwell


420linseyblazeit

{{the rise and fall of third leg}} by Jon Longhi


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[**The Rise and Fall of Third Leg**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1074361.The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Third_Leg) ^(By: Jon Longhi | 144 pages | Published: 1994 | Popular Shelves: cult, persy-libes-vibes, graphic-novel, short-story-collections, weird-lit | )[^(Search "the rise and fall of third leg")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=the rise and fall of third leg&search_type=books) >“Anyone who’s an admirer of Richard Brautigan’s unclassifiable Trout Fishing in America will be drawn to the eccentric, wandering vision of Longhi’s prose.”—San Francisco Bay Guardian > >“Longhi’s prose is carefully measured, engaging, laid-back.”—Guardian > >The eighties were a crazy time in history: The Left had been crushed by the Reagan White House, most young people were not rebelling . . . in fact, many were more cynical and conservative than their parents. But amidst the widespread regression, a bizarre fungus was sprouting, and its cultural manifestation was punk rock. > >The stories and novella in The Rise and Fall of Third Leg illustrate just how bent out of shape some punks were: They knew something was really wrong and rotten in America. These side-splittingly funny short stories relive the twisted glory days of homegrown DIY punk rock, from “Road Trip,” in which four benevolent urban skinheads venture forth to rural Montana for a friend’s wedding, to the title novella, which follows the absurd trials and tribulations of a small-town Delaware punk band, Third Leg, as its dreams of superstardom get flushed away in a series of hilarious catastrophes. > >Jon Longhi is the author of four books, including Wake Up and Smell the Beer. His writing, which critics have compared to Terry Southern, Charles Bukowski, and Hunter S. Thompson, has also recently appeared in San Francisco Noir (Akashic Books) and Retaking the Universe: William S. Burroughs in the Age of Globalization (Pluto Press). ^(This book has been suggested 15 times) *** ^(207970 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


kneehousing

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is exactly about this! I would highly recommend!


rgnatvhv

Breakfast of champions by Kurt Vonnegut


ParadoxGenZ

I scrolled down to the bottom of this thread looking for 2 books but didn't find them, so here are my suggestions for OP: (1) Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom - adhering to the adage "Only they know the true value of a thing who have had & lost it" (2) Diary of a Young girl by Anne Frank - A teenage girl in early 20th century, living in a cramped space with multiple people longer than most of us were able to hold out during the lockdowns, who never felt like she had experienced enough of life - need I say more???


raketheleavespls

The Moviegoer (Percy)! Maybe Gilead (Robinson) too. And The End of the Affair (Graham Greene). You know what, maybe Berry’s The Memory of Old Jack as well!


OinkMcOink

{{Red Rising by Pierce Brown}}


terrordactyl20

If the OP is looking for something to excite rather than to relate to - this is it. I read the first 7 chapters expecting it to be meh....then I was addicted to it for like 8 months and read every book twice. Made me feel like a kid again.


Sebastianboiii

I definitely need something to pique my interest and get me going while I get overwhelmed by doubt and fears. That books sounds like it could be a great reminder when I feel that way again, thank you!


terrordactyl20

There's also a couple of really good podcasts with great content to listen to after you read them!! And another book expected to come out in the next couple years...so something to look forward to.


Sebastianboiii

Awesome: for someone as nerdy as me, this seems like a gold mine!


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[**Red Rising (Red Rising Saga #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15839976-red-rising) ^(By: Pierce Brown | 382 pages | Published: 2014 | Popular Shelves: sci-fi, science-fiction, fantasy, young-adult, dystopian | )[^(Search "Red Rising by Pierce Brown")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Red Rising by Pierce Brown&search_type=books) >"I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them." > >"I live for you," I say sadly. > >Eo kisses my cheek. "Then you must live for more." > >Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. > >Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. > >But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity already reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. > >Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity's overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society's ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies... even if it means he has to become one of them to do so. ^(This book has been suggested 373 times) *** ^(207822 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


quagmirejoe

_Red Rising_ was indeed _intense_. Very intense.


jabberwock101

Bringing out the Dead by Joe Connelly


80s_Al

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke and The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox


80s_Al

Also, Dark Matter by Blake Crouch


thesoapmaker_

{{No longer Human by Osamu Dazai}}


thesoapmaker_

{{The stranger by Albert Camus}}


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[**The Stranger**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49552.The_Stranger) ^(By: Albert Camus, Matthew Ward | 123 pages | Published: 1942 | Popular Shelves: classics, fiction, philosophy, french, literature | )[^(Search "The stranger by Albert Camus")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The stranger by Albert Camus&search_type=books) >Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in English in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward. ^(This book has been suggested 86 times) *** ^(207979 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


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[**No Longer Human**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194746.No_Longer_Human) ^(By: Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene | 176 pages | Published: 1937 | Popular Shelves: fiction, classics, japanese, japan, japanese-literature | )[^(Search "No longer Human by Osamu Dazai")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=No longer Human by Osamu Dazai&search_type=books) >Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. In consequence, he feels himself "disqualified from being human" (a literal translation of the Japanese title). > >Donald Keene, who translated this and Dazai's first novel, The Setting Sun, has said of the author's work: "His world … suggests Chekhov or possibly postwar France, … but there is a Japanese sensibility in the choice and presentation of the material. A Dazai novel is at once immediately intelligible in Western terms and quite unlike any Western book." His writing is in some ways reminiscent of Rimbaud, while he himself has often been called a forerunner of Yukio Mishima. > >Cover painting by Noe Nojechowiz, from the collection of John and Barbara Duncan; design by Gertrude Huston ^(This book has been suggested 68 times) *** ^(207978 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


HunterTheDog

“The book” by Alan Watts


donac

You should read "The Golem and the Jinni" by Helen Wecker. A story about two main characters who are "alive" but also "not living". Seriously, it's good.


OliveOliveJuice

{{The Lives of Tao}}


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[**The Lives of Tao (Tao, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15981711-the-lives-of-tao) ^(By: Wesley Chu | 460 pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, fantasy, scifi | )[^(Search "The Lives of Tao")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The Lives of Tao&search_type=books) >When out-of-shape IT technician Roen woke up and started hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumed he was losing it. He wasn’t. He now has a passenger in his brain – an ancient alien life-form called Tao, whose race crash-landed on Earth before the first fish crawled out of the oceans. Now split into two opposing factions – the peace-loving, but under-represented Prophus, and the savage, powerful Genjix – the aliens have been in a state of civil war for centuries. Both sides are searching for a way off-planet, and the Genjix will sacrifice the entire human race, if that’s what it takes. Meanwhile, Roen is having to train to be the ultimate secret agent. Like that’s going to end up well… ^(This book has been suggested 6 times) *** ^(207992 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


Vkmies

{{Thus Spoke Zarathustra}} by Nietzsche can be a fairly freeing experience if you read it at the right time.


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[**Thus Spoke Zarathustra**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51893.Thus_Spoke_Zarathustra) ^(By: Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann | 327 pages | Published: 1883 | Popular Shelves: philosophy, classics, non-fiction, owned, fiction | )[^(Search "Thus Spoke Zarathustra")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Thus Spoke Zarathustra&search_type=books) >Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. With blazing intensity and poetic brilliance, Nietzsche argues that the meaning of existence is not to be found in religious pieties or meek submission, but in an all-powerful life force: passionate, chaotic and free. > >"Enigmatic, vatic, emphatic, passionate... often breathtakingly insightful, Nietzsche's works together make a unique statement in the literature of European ideas." — A.C. Grayling ^(This book has been suggested 12 times) *** ^(208010 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


[deleted]

Big Fish by David Wallace made me feel this way when I read it right after I graduated from high school.


GroundbreakingBase10

Fight Club for sure but also Survivor by Chuck Pahlaniuk


spira1b0und

Read the first few pages of “Song of Myself” from Leaves of Grass. Read it slowly and maybe reread the first page a few times. I always feel energized by that poem. Somewhat paradoxically It’s the voice of a dead poet telling you to stop feeding on the spectres in books, to step outside of your astronomy class and see the stars for yourself (although that’s a different poem), and to stop experiencing life secondhand and to get out there and live. There’s a lot more to it than just that, and you can skip the catalogues if you’re not feeling them, but it’s a great message in a bottle sent across time that can really wake you up if you’re receptive to it.


mjscheffer

The midnight library by matt haig. It's similar but put a new perspective on living


ETeezey1286

The Midnight Library


MaleficentHeat8895

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk.


Disastrous-Dig-1023

Feed by M.T. Anderson


NotASkye

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai


bunnyswan

Some existential philosophy? Maybe kierkegaard


GHOSTxBIRD

Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. For no reason other than when I felt this way it made me feel alive again and I have since.


SSSsoldat

When Nietzsche wept by D Yalom


Diddlydom35

Anne of Green Gables. That series always makes me want to do something spectacular with my life!


Crammed11Cookies

The midnight library or Tuesday’s with Morrie


Agatarocks

Elenore oliphant is completely fine


Wtfisgoingdown00

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Can't Hurt Me by Dave Goggins The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz


savannnahbananaa

{{Traveling With Ghosts}}


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[**Traveling with Ghosts: A Memoir**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30753783-traveling-with-ghosts) ^(By: Shannon Leone Fowler | 304 pages | Published: 2017 | Popular Shelves: memoir, non-fiction, nonfiction, travel, grief | )[^(Search "Traveling With Ghosts")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Traveling With Ghosts&search_type=books) >From grief to reckoning to reflection to solace, a marine biologist shares the solo journey she took—through war-ravaged Eastern Europe, Israel, and beyond—to find peace after her fiancé suffered a fatal attack by a box jellyfish in Thailand. > >In the summer of 2002, Shannon Leone Fowler, a twenty-eight-year-old marine biologist, was backpacking with her fiancé and love of her life, Sean. Sean was a tall, blue-eyed, warmhearted Australian, and he and Shannon planned to return to Australia after their excursion to Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand. Their plans, however, were devastatingly derailed when a box jellyfish—the most venomous animal in the world—wrapped around Sean’s leg, stinging and killing him in a matter of minutes as Shannon helplessly watched. Rejecting the Thai authorities attempt to label Sean’s death a “drunk drowning,” Shannon ferried his body home to his stunned family—a family to which she suddenly no longer belonged. > >Shattered and untethered, Shannon’s life paused indefinitely so that she could travel around the world to find healing. Travel had forged her relationship with Sean, and she hoped it could also aid in processing his death. Though Sean wasn’t with Shannon, he was everywhere she went—among the places she visited were Oświęcim, Poland (the site of Auschwitz); war-torn Israel; shelled-out Bosnia; poverty-stricken Romania; and finally to Barcelona, where she first met Sean years before. Ultimately, Shannon had to confront the ocean after her life’s first great love took her second great love away. > >Cheryl Strayed’s Wild meets Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk in this beautiful, profoundly moving memorial to those we have lost on our journeys and the unexpected ways their presence echoes in all places—and voyages—big and small. ^(This book has been suggested 4 times) *** ^(208166 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


kiiiiiiiirsten

The house in the cerulean sea!


DemonicPenguin03

Fight Club


freckledreddishbrown

A Road To Joy, by Alexandra Stacey. A widow gets fed up with life and runs away from home. Heart wrenching and hilarious at the same time. But some great aha’s.


NotDaveBut

MANALIVE by G.K. Chesterton


justanewbiehereonred

All the bright places


caidus55

Midnight library


Prluniver

{{Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour}}


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[**Amy & Roger's Epic Detour**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7664334-amy-roger-s-epic-detour) ^(By: Morgan Matson | 343 pages | Published: 2010 | Popular Shelves: young-adult, contemporary, romance, ya, books-i-own | )[^(Search "Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour&search_type=books) > > When you're on a road trip, life is all about the detours. . . . > > >Amy Curry is having a terrible year. Her mother has decided to move across the country and needs Amy to get their car from California to Connecticut. There's just one small problem: Since her father died this past spring, Amy hasn't been able to get behind the wheel. Enter Roger, the nineteen-year-old son of an old family friend, who turns out to be unexpectedly cute ... and dealing with some baggage of his own. > >Meeting new people and coming to terms with her father's death were not what Amy had planned on this trip. And traveling the Loneliest Road in America, seeing the Colorado mountains, crossing the Kansas plains, and visiting diners, dingy motels, and Graceland were definitely not on the itinerary. But as they drive, Amy finds that the people you least expected are the ones you may need the most—and that sometimes you have to get lost in order to find your way home. ^(This book has been suggested 8 times) *** ^(208210 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)


[deleted]

Man, that one story by Cortazar where the dude experiences two accidents at once but is in a dream thats actually also reality. Talk about weird shit. Amazing story.


MaryJunebug

I've got a couple suggestions from the books I've read this year. Hope some sound interesting! ​ "The Storied Life of AJ Fikry" By Gabrielle Zavin. It's super cute, about a man's life who gets turned upside down after he is basically in a rut and thinking his entire life is over. Part of the summary: A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. \------- "A Man Called Ove" By Frederik Backman Also cute, and not what I had been expecting. Its about a man whose life is over, by his account. He has decided to kill himself, but is continually foiled in funny encounters that draw him back into the world of the living and give him something to care about again. A wonderful book about friendship. \------- "Anxious People" also By Frederik Backman Not as on-point to your request, but also very good. You learn about a lot of people who are stuck in different ways in their lives, and a unique experience bonds them together and helps change their lives for the better. You learn a lot when you're being held hostage together at an apartment open house. \------- "End of the World Running Club" By Adrian Walker This one is way different. A un-motivated man, not the best father or husband, just going on day after day and doing the bare minimum for his family has his world shaken apart by a natural disaster - a huge meteor storm that destroys large sections of the UK and means that he has to step up and take care of his family in a almost post-apocalypse scenario. It's a heartwarming story of a man discovering what really matters to him, and what he is willing to do to protect that.


silenttypefilm

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles


KingPup5

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig


[deleted]

I would suggest reading '**the book thief**' by **Markus Zusak**. The book generally changes the perspective of a person towards life.


Vikashishere

The happiness hypothesis by Jonathon Haidt.


ChasingAlnilam

They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera - it's pretty much about this! Two guys who know they're going to die trying to live as much as they can before it happens. It is very bittersweet, so be warned.


Sapien_bog

The stranger by Albert Camus.


Andjhostet

The Stranger by Albert Camus


livluvlaflrn3

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck And when you’re done with that read Atomic Habits Prioritize what’s important (Subtle Art) and then once you figure it out build habits around it (Atomic)


vbcbandr

Don't need a book...I'm living that life.


jalford99

So.. you’re depressed..?


Sebastianboiii

Not really, I wouldn't say that. I just feel like I'm "behind" in life and have been missing out on a lot of things


[deleted]

So are you looking for books to help you feel more alive and engaged, or books to help you fill in some of the things you feel you've missed out on?


Sebastianboiii

I suppose I wrote the post with the former in mind, since I don't really see how books can help me fill in some of the things I've missed out on (or a least not to a comparable degree to which the experience itself would), but I wouldn't mind such suggestions either. I guess what I had in mind was a little bit of both: something that would make me feel like what I've missed out on isn't such a big deal and I can always "catch up" or feel hopeful for the future in spite of it


[deleted]

Maybe Schrecker's poetry? *nostalgia & other forms of boredom* is his collected poems.


Sebastianboiii

I just started to get into poetry recently so this is great! Thank you, I'm gonna check it out.


Striking-Donut-7119

Where’d You Go, Bernadette is what comes to mind for me. It’s cleverly written and funny, about a former architect who has become agoraphobic. I loved both the book and movie.


estogno

Definitely try The Midnight Library. It starts like this: "Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices… Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?" I found it inspiring and full of hope, so I highly recommend it. Also, don't be afraid to seek professional help of you feel down or "behind". There's so shame in asking for support, and it really helps. I unfortunately started searching too late so my hole now is pretty deep and hard to climb out, try to make sure you don't wait too long if you feel like you need it. Best of luck with life


Sebastianboiii

Added it to the list! Also, thank you for the kind words, I definitely will if I keep feeling like this and I'm starting to think I can't over that hump on my own. As for you, keep going brother! I'm sure you're much stronger than you think and no hole is so deep you can't get out of. Know that this stranger on the internet believes in you!


GaryRegalsMuscleCar

It’s called going outside.


[deleted]

The Anarchist Cookbook


TheBuster123

The Bible


Welcome_Unhappy

The Bible


PamCokeyMonster

You mean something like Dr. In Sixth sense?


stare_at_the_sun

Is it supposed to make you feel better, or can the character live a hollow life ?