90s, early 2000s, small provincial town from the border US-Canada (even Alaska), where people rely on forestry (NOT rural. I gotta specify that, because I know about all the Amish novels, and they focus on a more agricultural society, and I don't want that) to get by?Preferably if it has that midwest emo youthful angsty vibe to it (I don't really need anything set in a high school though, even stuff set in college, or Alan Wake or Twin Peaks kind of stuff).I've only have read two books that match this vibe: Twilight (set in Forks, Washington), which is perfect for what I'm asking, but it's mostly present in the first book, while the following are more focused on magical elements.Secondly If It Bleeds, by Stephen King has a short story that for half of it has that feel.I've got one graphic novel too (Loving, Ohio), post them too if you've got them.Do Nicholas Sparks novels match that vibe? I know they are set in North Carolina, but they seem to be more akin of the Amish setting.
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>>25239894My feelings for it aside, I don't think you're going to get a more perfect rec than BR Yeager's Negative Space.
>>25239894I always hated this game and its cringe ass fanbase.
>>25239894There are Life is Strange novels.
>>25240157>BR Yeager's Negative Space>Four teens in a New Hampshire mill town abuse a bizarre hallucinogen called WHORL in order to cope with a devastating suicide epidemic.Not really what I'm in the mood to read right now, but sounds interesting.>My feelings for it asideSay more.>>25240160>I always hated this game and its cringe ass fanbaseFelt very deep at 14 when I "played" it. Nowadays I just love the vibes for the nostalgia factor. Too bad it got invaded with cryptotroons, last one was so fucking cringe and the only people who streamed it were hyper wokies.>>25240172God, I wanted something higher quality than literal cash grabs. Thanks for pointing them out though, didn't know there were any.
>>25240315I'm a 43 year old chud. I mean is it really surprising?
>>25239894A lot of Stephen King books are like this. Usually Northeast though.A lot of "young adult" genre was like this too, before Harry Potter and Hunger Games.
>>25239894>>25239894American Rust by Phillip Meyer gave me heavy LiS vibes despite being set in a dying Pennsylvania steel town. The way Meyer brings the region to life with its bars and trailer-houses and junkyards and trains and natural landscape reminded me a lot of Arcadia Bay. I'm pretty sure the developers of LiS were actually influenced by it, both have the whole "two angsty young friends of opposite personality in a shitty town getting involved in a crime and things spiralling out of control with other characters' stories interwoven" thing going on. Hell, the name of Chloe's junkyard hideout in the game is literally "American Rust." It's a great book in general, if you liked the vibes of the game chances are you'll like it.If you like Twin Peaks then there's also The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, really does a nice job capturing the feel of the show and has the youthful angst contrasting with the darkness of the town. The woods feature prominently throughout.For an Appalachian equivalent there's also The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake. It's a skinny book, could read it in a day, but the characters all would fit right in Arcadia Bay.But yeah, the first game despite all it's weaknesses really has that "something" that I've been chasing since. Is Twilight worth reading, would you say? I've seen stills from the first movie and really liked the atmosphere but the shitty story turns me away every time.
>>25242224Seconded. The Body in particular stood out to me as most similar. The film version Stand By Me is also pretty good.
>>25239894Are you really stuck on the forestry angle? If not, Ghost World by Daniel Clowes is a story of female friendship set in a nondescript town. There was also a comic called Local about a girl traveling across the US that had similar vibes, but its been a while since I read it.More vibes based than what you're specifically asking for so take with a grain of salt, but Donna Tartt's The Little Friend has an incredible female lead but she's much younger (12 or 13 I think) and it takes place in the South.
