Books about transition into adulthood

[Anonymous No.19350501]

Looking for a novel about that 19-21 period of life, real quarter life crisis type. I've spent my 20 and 21st years of my life in the most locked down city in the world, I am looking for a book to live vicariously through.

[Anonymous No.19350525]

>>19350501
You sound mentally stunted, so start with the Catcher in the Rye

[Anonymous No.19350528]

>>19350501
Watch Kiki's Delivery Service, unironically

[Anonymous No.19350542]

>>19350501
You now realise that each of these is a detournment by a retail worker becoming a cultural critic.

[Anonymous No.19350553]

>>19350525
Being forced to spend your first 2 years of uni inside does that to people, also already read catcher in the rye

[Anonymous No.19350562]

>>19350528
Wrong. He should watch Whisper of the Heart instead

[Anonymous No.19350563]

>>19350528
Absolutely based, watched it when I was a kid and loved it then. Ill definitely do a rewatch

[Anonymous No.19350580]

>>19350562
Haven't seen that one. I'm in australia so it's just on netflix here so I'll def watch it

[Anonymous No.19350655]

>>19350562
No, he should watch Only Yesterday.

[Anonymous No.19350704]

>>19350655
No, he should watch Princess Kaguya. https://youtu.be/W71mtorCZDw

Extra points because it's 100% hand-drawn and goes through the entire cycle of growing up to (symbolic) death as well as the journey of parenthood.

[Anonymous No.19350748]

>>19350525
He rapes his sister, Phoebe.

[Anonymous No.19350754]

>>19350704
Is there CGI in Only Yesterday?

[Anonymous No.19350760]

>>19350562
Both are great and promote life-affirming messages

[Anonymous No.19350839]

>>19350704
>>19350655
>>19350562
>>19350528
Films are good and all, but films don't really hit as much as books when it comes to life lessons, at least for me

[Anonymous No.19351085]

>>19350754
I doubt it but from brief research, it looks like they tried to capture more realism than is normal (i.e mouth movements). Kaguya used hand brushed watercolours alongside charcoal drawings.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2g3d23 (this clip starts a bit early and breaks off too soon but it's the best I could find online).

>>19350839
Kaguya is a heavy hitter; it's based around one of Japan's oldest folktales and it's as thematically dense as any novel you'll read. You get out what you can bring to the table (just like reading).

[Anonymous No.19351261]

>>19350501
The Pale King

[Anonymous No.19351403]

>>19350501
Norweigan Wood is the book you're looking for, anon. it's short and absolute peak transition-from-adolescence-to-adulthood-core

[Anonymous No.19351795]

>>19351403
Looks very good, thank you anon. Also the fact it's short is very nice
>>19351261
Not the biggest dfw fan but I'll give it a go

[Anonymous No.19351803]

>>19350655
correct
takahata absolutely moggs miyazaki with this one film alone

[N E M O . !!GgBWHLRiayD No.19351896]

>>19350501

One transitions into adulthood through aging; forcing this transition entails adulterization; superbalizing this stage of life results in adulteration; your prime focus should be your person —which is eternal, and requires proactive work—, not your naturology, which is temporary, and organically works with you.

[Anonymous No.19352835]

>>19351795
>Not the biggest dfw fan

[Anonymous No.19352854]

>>19351896

superbalizing comes up with literally 0 results on google.

What are you saying here?


I'm 25, and am in some ways in a similar phase of life, though am most definitely in the transition towards "serious" adulthood, though I still look young.

Now is the stage where all gap years have ended, acquaintances are getting married, having children, and meetings with close friends are becoming less and less frequent, with discussions so often revolving around "remember when we did X", instead of our big plans for the future.

How does one look forward into life, with this feeling of utter freedom seeming further and further behind you?

For clarity: My life and career is objectively successful and excellent, I'm also a cryptobro, so I know this is just a "feeling" of a misspent youth, rather than a logical conclusion of my current state in life.

Book recommendations also welcomed, thank you

[Anonymous No.19352981]

>>19352854
Maybe also this

[Anonymous No.19352986]

>>19352981
Only clergymans daughter is worse than this

[Anonymous No.19353062]

>>19351261
Required
https://litkicks.com/PaleKing/

[Anonymous No.19353077]

The transition to adulthood is at 15, by 19-21 you're supposed to have already accepted adulthood.

[Anonymous No.19353078]

>>19350501
Novel wise Portrait by Joyce is all about this. Personally, The Graduate helped me a lot.

[Anonymous No.19353080]

>>19351896
You are such a knobhead. I'd you wanna say something just say it. Having a thesaurus taped to your left hand doesn't make you nearly as smart as you think you are

[Anonymous No.19353150]

>>19353077
You are an idiot

[Anonymous No.19353158]

>>19353078
I have seen the graduate and I completely get what you mean, the chasing after things you think you want but are ultimately disappointing is very much tied to that transitional time. Also falling into terrible scenarios is something that happens a lot when you're that age

[Anonymous No.19353225]

>>19352854
>>19353080
Ignore tripfags; responding just validates their pretensions and pseudery (especially this guy and the one who writes in ALL CAPS).

[Anonymous No.19354325]

>>19350501
22 rn. I'm convinced adulthood isn't real. Only something we tell kids so they don't act retarded all the time.

I've met numerous adults throughout my life at this point and they all act like people i could have had in my class

[Anonymous No.19354699]

>>19354325
yeah i think that's more a problem of our current times than something that plagued people even a few decades ago. both contemporary capitalism and the "leftism" you see these work towards infanitlizing ever increasing portions of populations.