I’ve been waiting nearly two years for my favorite on-screen cannibalism population to return, but a week feels like eternity for another episode of “The Yellow Jacket.”
Season 3 has a backback, and a television reviewer for USA Today says the season 2 finale picked up after a nasty conflict with “thrill for adrenaline”. Maybe now we will finally get the answer to some of the twisted cliffs of last season.
Stay tuned through the Reddit thread and feel that you’re still hungry for “Yellow Jacket” entertainment? There are books that can help you care about your hangover and keep the topic up.

A book like a yellow jacket
Are you looking for an ode to women’s wrath or are you looking for something a bit more meaty – sorry snacks – these 8 novels capture what you like about the “yellow jacket” There’s no doubt that it will keep you bored between episodes.
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“Bunny” by Mona Awad

If you are craving more cult sister energy, “Bunny” is the book for you. In this 2020 novel, Samantha, a student on MFA scholarship, has been told that in her program (“Bunny”), she invites her program (“Bunny”) until they invite her to a mysterious “Smut Salon” ”) will be repelled by Creek Rich Girls. Not an outsider anymore, Samantha infuses their world deeply into their world, including off-campus rituals that blur the lines of reality.
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“Specific Hunger” by Chelsea G. Summers

Are there more bites to “YellowJackets”? Try “Specific Hunger” by Chelsea G. Summers. This eerie commentary on the intersection of food, gender and gender continues as food critic Dorothy travels between New York and Italy.
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies

A group of school-age boys are abandoned on the island when they descend into insanity. It is difficult to draw similarities between our stuck soccer team and this classic. Whether you remember reading it in high school or have no joy, Golding’s novels are worth reading if you find yourself craving more “yellow jackets.”
Rachel Yoder’s “Night Bitch”

Adult Shauna tells us that he enjoys this novel. Now, the film “Night Bitch,” starring Amy Adams, becomes a primitive aspect of motherhood as a woman puts her career on hold to care for her newborn son. Two years later, she finds herself in the middle of a cafcask dog pervert, everything that sharpens her teeth.
“Vegetarian” by Han Kang

Like Taisa in “The Yellow Jacket,” the protagonist of Kang’s horror novel is plagued by brutal nightmares. Ultimately, to calm the suffering, she stops eating the meat completely. But it is not an isolated decision. The next is a grotesque series of events in which her husband, sister and stepbrothers fight to control her mind and body.
“My Sister The Serial Killer” by Oyinkan Braithwaite

If you enjoyed gathering women to help Shauna get rid of the predicament of Season 2, you might like this dark modern novel. “My Sister, Serial Killer” follows sister Ayura. His boyfriend is dead (the latest one stabbed in the heart) and Korede must lend her practicality to clean up the aftermath.
“Girls” by Emma Klein

“The Girls” is another title for Antler Queen Cult fans. Set in Northern California in the late 1960s, Evie, a lonely teenager, was swept away by a carefree group of girls watching in the park. Now, in an inner circle that will one day become an infamous cult, Evie is increasingly fascinated by their eerie, hidden ranch and Suzanne, the group’s magnetic older girl.
“Animals” by Lisa Tadeo

“Animal” takes into account the rage and past of the women on the show. In Taddeo’s novel, Joan, a woman whose life is emphasized by the cruelty of men, witnesses a man committing a shocking act of violence in front of her. She fled New York City to understand the past, unraveling moments from her childhood that haunted her throughout her life.
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