John Steinbeck · 1937
- What it is
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Tender, with a sting
- Genre
- Classics Literary
- Feels
- Melancholic Gritty Bittersweet Tender
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. Each card tells you why.
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Coming from Of Mice and Men? Start with Fine Balance, Normal People, Never Let Me Go. 3 more below, each with why it fits.
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If you're after something tender that stings a little, start here
Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry · 1995
Lovely, but it stings · it tells it straight
Normal People
Sally Rooney · 2018
Tender until it hurts · a small story, told up close
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005
Lovely, but it stings · it leaves you thinking
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes · 1966
Lovely, but it stings · sadness on a low heat
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The time traveler's wife
Audrey Niffenegger · 2003
Tender, with a sting · a love story that hurts a little
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson · 2010
Lovely, but it stings · like coming home
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