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Ever cried at a book?

Yes
2587
93%
No
187
7%
 
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Duryen
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Re: Books that have made you cry?

Post by Duryen »

I agree with Deathly Hallows. I think I completely lost it with the elf death and it got worse as the deaths of people I had grown to love continued to die.

Most recently, I cried reading the end of Good Omens. Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman each wrote how the book was conceived and written from their own perspective. I mourned for Pratchett again through Gaiman's words.

Otherwise, I usually avoid books I know will make me cry. I can't handle things like Marley and Me because I know I will carry the sadness with me. I still hate that my friends died in Daily Hallows.
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At the end of Philip Pullman's HIs Dark Materials, in the last book The Subtle Knife. Lyra and her little friends that she loves... so far yet so close :cry:
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Well, I'll have to go with the classic answer, Where the Red Fern Grows. Many other books have made me cry, but that's the one that stands out in my mind. I tend to read a lot of true crime and depending on how it's written, those books sometimes make me cry, especially when the book focuses more on the victim's life and the impact of their death on their loved ones.
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Hunger Games. To be honest, it seems like a happy ending; but all the characters are damaged after the war. I really got attached with the characters. Letting them go is kinda hard.
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Post by Ciellabella_22 »

Yes, I always remember an old book that I cannot find now called "The Thief." Nearing the end, I broke down because a character I admired alot, passed on. This isn't a spoiler because I can't even find that book anymore 😂 It was written in the 90's I believe.
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Post by Emma Fecteau »

I've read a lot of really sad stories but I can honestly say I've never cried during any of them. However, movies and TV shows definitely do me in, I think for me seeing the emotions onscreen is more impactful than reading it.
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Post by lennycamacho2019 »

atrixa wrote: 15 Jun 2009, 14:17 Tell us what books have had you bawling like a baby. For me, the only one i can think of is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Marianela by Benito Pérez Galdós.

It's one of the greatest, saddest short classic Mexican novels I have ever read. A love story that ends in tragedy, although not the way I expected. Highly recommended read.
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Post by Sophia Orduna »

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini & First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung.

I always get emotional during the heavy parts of the book but the waterworks were really on full-blast while reading these two books.
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I can get quite attached to characters in a well-written book. lol I've cried numerous times over a multitude of books. The most recent is Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
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Almost every fiction book I've ever read. I just attach to the characters too much.
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I am a sucker for animal tales ( yes, pun intended!).Starting as a child anything that had a horse in it was a huge favorite. I read all of Walter Farley's Black Stallion series. The semi- fiction books of Misty of Chincoteague was so endearing I still would love to visit during the pony swim in the summer. I still love horses to this day having also had a large equine fur baby of my own. The memoir story told by Susan Richards, Chosen by a Horse was poingant and tugged fiercely at the heartstrings. Smiling and crying at the same time is possible. :) :cry:
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Post by PiscesBookLover »

Most recent cry from a book was The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. That one hit really close to home with the topics it was centered around. It brought back really happy and really sad memories; tears were inevitable.
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Me before you!!!


I cried reading this book so hard that I threw it on the floor haha. Oh and Marly and me the book. There has been so many. I'm to much of an empath lol
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The Boy inside the Striped Pajamas
This eBook takes you through waves of emotion as you start to apprehend the overall context of the primary man or woman, the nine-yr-antique son of the Auschwitz commandant. Taking region throughout the Holocaust, we witness the horror from his attitude, a boy who just desires friends. You’ll be greatly surprised via some of the more startling factors of the eBook as the boy, Bruno, befriends one of the Jewish boys on the opposite side of the fence.
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Post by Ben Moore »

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis always makes me cry, no matter how many times I read it. The moment that the identity of the antagonist is revealed and the main character’s reaction are both so intense I can never hold it together!
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