Tobias. Totes tragic.

Rachel becoming a fucked up person who only knew how to live in war was also great.

Tomorrow when the war began was another childhood fave of mine.

I wouldn’t say that sort of stuff was unheard of. My mum gave me some super tragic books about Polish kids during the war, there was loads of stuff with like thawing dead soldiers enough to steal boots etc. My mum’s Polish so fed me a lot of grim stuff to read to help understand her parents and their experiences. Idk if you’re usaian? maybe popular stuff was a bit more sanitised because of moral majority stuff?