grey cozy
Sadness can be like an embrace sometimes.
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
themes: loss, dystopia, magical realism
There's something about a world that exists in a haze that is both haunting and comforting. Something about being one of a few who holds memories that everyone else has forgotten.
Satellite Love by Genki Ferguson
themes: childhood, loneliness, death, magical realism, sci-fi
A kid loner talking to stars and an imaginary friend. Reading this is like spending your days in perpetual dawn, when no one else is awake and you feel like the only person in the world.
Normal People by Sally Rooney
themes: relationships, university life, twenties
Watching the decline of a teenage relationship built on mutual loneliness followed by the growing up that happens after. Rooney has mastered writing realistic dialogue that includes all the pauses, non-verbal replies and awkwardness that is often hard to express in words. It's familiar.
