Some characters stay with you long after the final page.
Not because they were perfect, but because they felt real in ways that are hard to explain. The flawed ones, the complicated ones, the ones who make choices you don’t always agree with — those are often the characters that leave the strongest impression.
They linger in your thoughts long after the story ends.
Sometimes it’s because you recognized something in them. Sometimes it’s because their story made you see people differently. And sometimes it’s simply because the author created someone so complex that closing the book doesn’t feel like saying goodbye.
Those are the characters that quietly take up space in your mind long after the story is finished.
Reading Trauma Mama: Velvet & Taboo 