books about weird women

[@katyalysander1490]

I have never heard anyone talk about One’s Company before and it sounds *perfect*. Thank you for this list.

[@yoonsra_Alis]

I have to say it was an insane ride of me being obsessed with your green dye and daily walk/vlog content to having readathons just because you mentioned it once and then you making a matching tattoo video with your mother(absolutely adorable tattoo btw) and then completely vanishing off tiktok and then me losing you for like a year and then you casually appearing in my insta feed to finding you make book recommendations on youtube now AND finding out we have similar tastes... You were my social media hyperfixation for a good year and im so glad to see you making content again and especially a content i also already love lol

[@yoonsra_Alis]

Btw when i say obsessed i dont mean it in like a stalker way i mean it in a i was watching your content every single day way please dont misunderstand😭😭

[@frankiesshelf]

that’s actually such a rollercoaster omg thank you for sticking around

[@yoonsra_Alis]

@@frankiesshelf of courseee it was such a cool time though when everyone was having their "indie/alt tiktok" phase i was having my own dyeing every clothing i own to green phase and it was to the point that i was nominated as the "class tree" in that school year lol

[@WhitneyDahlin]

I love her too! No one does magical realism like South america. I don't know if it's because it was born there or what. But all of my favorites surrealist magical realest books have been written by South American authors.

[@heartsaglow69]

about the mariana enriquez book, i figured something out: i looked into both the english translation and the original and the word they translate to the slur is the word "travesti" which is NOT a slur in spanish or brazilian portuguese but a specific latino transfemme identity that is found all throughout our countries. maybe the translator read it as a slur because it used to be used in a very derogatory way but it is actually a reclaimed identity and the travestis i know usually prefer to be referred to as travestis rather than trans women, given that most of them argue those are not the same identity. it's disappointing it was translated this way and i think it kind of shows lack of proper research on the term from the translator sorry for the long comment, but i saw you mentioned this in two videos and it bothered me enough to look it up bc i knew there wasn't any slurs in them and that mariana enriquez wouldn't use such terms lightly and for no reason

[@frankiesshelf]

THANK YOU this is such a relief to hear because it really did stand out to me!! sounds like it was definitely an uninformed choice by the translator

[@BrendaETobar]

This happens so much!!!!!! The work translators do is important and I hate when they make errors like this.

[@constanzehorntrich4420]

loved the video!! and i love convenience store woman so so much!! like ya it's weird but it also just brings me joy to see the protagonist do what she loves, even tho society doesn't think its "good enough"

[@frankiesshelf]

yes it was such a romp!! it really makes you understand the character so she could’ve done anything and i would’ve been behind her

[@saulsings6416]

This was an awesome review. I’ve been under a rock bc I have heard of none of these books. They all sounded incredibly creative and inventive. Thank you!

[@punanenbanaani]

my favorite genre !! i would also recommend rouge by mona awad

[@frankiesshelf]

i’m super excited to read rouge !! and bunny too

[@foreverpumpkin7776]

This video had so many amazing recs I'm excited to check out! Thank you. I love the way you talk about the books. It sells them really well

[@midnightchildofthemoon]

Omg. First time watching you and instantly fall in love with your videos

[@0akr0cks]

This is JUST the kind of video I was looking for

[@cj1986x]

14:20 You nailed it. Accessibility is a huge part of why some books are so popular (as well as people like what is familiar to them, and I confess to be guilty of that too). I have avoided Big Swiss not because it's popular but because that cover gives me anxiety, lol.

[@falucinogena]

Hi! I'm from Argentina and I love Mariana Enriquez. I've read her in the original versions, and I don't remember transphobic slurs. Maybe it's a thing with the translation? Or maybe a cultural difference? Because we have words that are not necessarily considered slurs within the queer communities, because they were actually taken back from the hate discourses to own them in a positive way. I might be wrong and not remember them, but I just wanted to leave a small possibility open that it's just a misunderstanding or just a very deep character flaw for the purpose of the short story. And now that I'm here, I'd like to recommend the book Bad Girls by Camila Sosa Villada, a coming of age story of a trans-woman in Argentina. The author is trans and the book it's so beautiful and raw. Thank you for the video!

[@frankiesshelf]

it absolutely could’ve been a translation / cultural thing !! it felt super out of place so i’m definitely inclined to believe that thank you for the recommendation it looks so good!!

[@matilda5501]

off to read each and every one of these, I need more messy strange and unsavoury women in my life!! this video was so lovely and conversational and I look forwards to more, and a tbr that will quickly outpace my reading speed!

[@hayleyrawlingson6917]

I’m on a giant binge of all your videos tonight 🤣 your taste is absolutely immaculate!!

[@joodii99]

Your hair looks so beautiful

[@foreverpumpkin7776]

Melissa Border would definitely be my number one pick for this category. Reading Milk Fed by her was such an experience and I've become very interested in finding similar books since. I also read The Pisces by her and again, it was so refreshing. Just like you said at the end of the video, the female main characters in her books can be messy and unlikable and gross, but it's fun to read about for a change

[@redwinepinkhair]

She really knows how to critically read and judge a book. By far, Frankie does one of the best jobs of describing a book that I have come across.

[@shambamz7476]

loveee this vid! by the way, your read on ottessa moshfegh is completely correct. I haven't read death in her hands, but I read McGlue and a few of her short stories from Homesick for Another World, and I can tell you she despises fat people and adores using the f-slur. she's also pretty boring on top of it

[@WhitneyDahlin]

I also recommend Siren Queen by Nghi Vo. It's about old Hollywood but magical realism and about being part of a marginalized group because of your identity. Definitely horror undertones. But absolutely FANTASTIC! I LOVED this book. Highly recommend!

[@nocturnal.literati]

One’s Company has been one of my favorite reads this year, and I haven’t seen many people talk about it. I seriously think about it all the time.

[@frankiesshelf]

it is so unforgettable,, so incredibly unique i love that book

[@malumstella]

hiii i know this is an old upload but i’ve read some unhinged women books i thought you may like: burnt sugar by avni doshi & where i end by sophie white

[@nwreader]

I could literally listen to you talk all day long. You are my ASMR 😅

[@kristavaillancourt6313]

I feel like this video is actually a list of books I need to get tomorrow.

[@august4114]

So glad I found this channel!

[@peytonmatthews2476]

this is my favorite genre! You’re so well spoken!! I am about to watch all of your videos. 🫡

[@asunnybooknook]

I’ve read and recommended One’s Company, Ripe, Pizza Girl, and Big Swiss as well!!! Was so excited to see that cover in the thumbnail. One’s company is soooooo freaking underrated. Also I TOTALLY agree that Ripe is deeply shallow when it comes to class. I feel like you might really enjoy the divines by Ellie Eaton which is also about the grossness of girlhood and weirdness of memory. Death in Her Heads is Moshfegh’s weakest book for sure, and she (and her characters) def project a cruel, toxic eating disorder mindset onto the whole world. I feel like you might enjoy Melissa Broder and Michelle Tea as writers, based on this list. Shmutz by Felicia Berliner is a super underrated one too. Also Post-traumatic by Chantal V Johnson and Exalted by Anna Dorn. So glad we share similar taste!! I love weird women novelsssss

[@frankiesshelf]

oh my god these all look amazing and right up my alley thank you !! and you’re so spot on, melissa broder is one of my very favourite writers to ever do it

[@GNICHO]

Also death in her hands vs my year of rest and relaxation is night and day

[@imvicari]

Just found you and Im obsesssedddd

[@UberNuber]

One's Company made me think of the movie Welcome to Me. You should check that movie out if you haven't already. It's fantastic

[@bandb-y]

This was a great video!! Based on this list i would recommend Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk.

[@gaurakukreti9700]

loved the recs!!

[@ktbeepboop]

I do think that Death in her Hands is my least favourite Ottessa Moshfegh, so if you were to pick up another I think you'd have a better, more interesting experience. I think I read somewhere she wrote the book, shelved it and then came back to it later. Not a bad thing necessarily but I don't think it contains that feverish urgent quality of her other books. I wonder if her being able to shelve it isn't a coincidence. Idk. Also, I totally agree with you on the fatphobia. It feels fair to share that she has responded to this criticism to say she has a history with EDs and it's a subject she can't seem to not write about. I'm not sure how I feel about that but thought I'd share. It's not the only questionable thing she's said but I won't go into that here! Only came across your videos today and am really enjoying them.

[@frankiesshelf]

do you have a recommendation if i were to try another one of her books? idk if i’d like lapvona just cause of the setting but i’m not sure which of her other works i would like better that DEFINITELY makes sense that she’s struggled with an ED ! i think i just want her to handle those themes with a little more grace and decorum lol. i’ve just recently read melissa broder’s milkfed which had a protagonist with an eating disorder that was handled SO WELL and i’d like to see something more like that from moshfegh

[@meganriley4513]

I read, Eileen, and thought it was so good. There’s definitely some weight related stuff going on in this book too. It’s such a crazy ride though. You might enjoy it. The movie looks great too.

[@meghanfaith2185]

@@frankiesshelfWhen you mentioned liking books where women are obsessed with other women, Eileen immediately popped into my head!!! And the movie adaptation (in my opinion), was gorgeous, so atmospheric, and the two leads were wonderfully casted.

[@Twinkdoesdrag]

Great video!

[@frankiesshelf]

thank you!!

[@kayleefullerton3647]

I loved this!!!! I think you might like Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

[@frankiesshelf]

you’re so right i absolutely loved bliss montage !! it’s one of my favourite collections ever

[@LauraRamirez-zd3il]

Curious - have you read a book actually entitled "Weird Women" (edited by) Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger which is a collection of classic supernatural fiction written by groundbreaking women? recommended!

[@frankiesshelf]

i haven’t but that sounds amazing i’m adding it to my list

[@ladystarfire]

if you can read italian I higly reccomend Il Valore Affettivo (the Value of Affection) by Nicoletta Verna. It's my favourite book and it stucks a sense of dread that settles since the very first page. The rhe weirdest woman I've seen in a book in a while

[@lovelythelexi6787]

i saw someone say that the problem with otessa moshfegh's fatphobia isn't that she writes all of her characters to hate fat people, but that their hatred is boringly written, and that's my favorite thing ever bc its honestly so true. like, if they were more creative with their fatphobia, it'd be something i maybe could look past (i'm saying this as a fat person lmao)

[@frankiesshelf]

that’s exactly how i feel!! like people DO hate fat people!!! but she’s not writing about it to say anything or to give us any insight into the characters it’s just a snooze fest like i’m so tired of her by the end of the book

[@lovelythelexi6787]

@@frankiesshelf exactly! like. at least be innovative with it, or have it add something to the conversation being had with the story.

[@4422-m2j]

She has like two characters that do that

[@charliemara]

pleasee make more videos like this!! it was so interesting to watch :)

[@frankiesshelf]

thank you ❤️❤️ i plan on it !

[@ampleparkingTV]

Great video, have subscribed 🩷

[@tneowapl1-bv6gr]

Why are you styled like my generation and older and Culture and how we grew up ?

[@spexi513]

Read My Year of Rest and Relaxation 4 years ago or so and thought dang this character hates fat ppl so much I wonder if it’s really the author who does . Read Death in Her Hands this winter and yeahhhh, I agree, she hates fat women

[@frankiesshelf]

it’s so hard for me to write it off as an opinion of the character when it’s so needless and so prevalent throughout her work like otessa,,, get a grip

[@toofacedbaby0577]

@@frankiesshelf I've read both my year of rest and relaxation and death in her hands but in terms of prevalent hate for fat people, her collection "Homesick for Another World" was AWFUL... It was even worse b/c the descriptions of her characters' weight in multiple stories were alongside descriptions of their physical ugliness/moral failings

[@donnabert]

You missed Shirley Jackson books. Pretty much all of them.

[@frankiesshelf]

i’ve read we have always lived in the castle!! i didn’t like it very much to be honest

[@donnabert]

@@frankiesshelf I thought the video was about "weird females" not "stuff I like."

[@frankiesshelf]

wow! very condescending for someone who’s totally wrong! this is obviously a recommendation video, so of course it’s about books i liked. get a grip lol

[@GNICHO]

“I don’t like Ottessa Moshfegh” actual blasphemy

[@frankiesshelf]

she’s a good writer i just don’t like her as a person lol