Which book’s world would be the absolute worst to live in?
I’m curious how many people would answer Lord of The Flies. That book freaks me out and makes me rather uncomfortable..
When a question is framed as the absolute worst to live in, there are many books that portray situations that are unlivable and make their point that way.
Entire genre of Nazi Germany books are very uncomfortable to read and imagine living there at that time. Kristin Hannah makes her living making us uncomfortable. I wonder how many Trumper’s have actually read Christine Hannah’s The Nightingale. And it’s a very uncomfortable book but one that should be read.
This is probably Hannah’s most famous and beloved book, a story about Vianne Mauriac who has to say goodbye to her Antoine who is off to fight against the Nazis when they invade France. Vianne will soon have to learn how to live with the enemy if she doesn’t want to lose everything.
Meanwhile, Vianne’s sister Isabelle is a free-spirited and rebellious 18-year-old who meets a partizan and falls in love madly. After he betrays her she joins the Resistance and decides to risk her life in order to save the ones she loves.
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