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John Travolta
04-05-2008, 8:35 PM
I like to read literature that makes me sad. I don't know why but if a book gets that deep that it can seriously touch my emotions that deep, so as to make me depressed or sad or cry even, then it's the only way that I know for a fact that it's a good book.
I actually don't think a book has made me cry since I was like 13 and Dumbledore died. And that book fucking sucked. Any suggestions?
The very end of Catch22 is horribly depressing.
I read this book called A Child Called It a couple years ago. I forget who the author is.
It's about a child who was horribly abused by his mother and survived. If you want a sad book, read that one.
It's really short though. Less than 200 pages for sure. I finished it in about 3 hours.
timbot
04-05-2008, 10:50 PM
No book has ever made me cry, but The Grapes of Wrath nearly made me cry several times. There were also a couple of point in The Jungle where I felt pretty sad. That's all I'm coming up with right now.
hollywood_maggot
04-06-2008, 3:43 AM
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. Despite being possibly the greatest trilogy of books ever written, I cried several times throughout the series. Yet to see the movie, but Im terrified it'll be shit. But then, no movie made from a book could be good enough to do HDM justice.
XxMoonlightxX
04-06-2008, 8:55 PM
I never read any sad books to be exact... teh saddest one i ever read was "among the hidden"
BurgerKueen
04-06-2008, 9:08 PM
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. I was in tears for the last three chapters. I think what made it effective was that it doesn't follow a linear plot, you learn bits and pieces in every chapter and in the last three chapters everything comes together and it's really depressing.
It's basically the story of twins that are separated at 7 and don't see each other again until they're 31, their discovery and confrontation with the reasons that separated them.
Triple J
04-06-2008, 9:25 PM
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
It's like this 666 (coincidence?) paged book that's entirely in poem form. It's pretty much the story of 3 kids who attempted suicide and all failed and they go to a rehab-type pace and meet and sadness ensues.
Homemaster
04-07-2008, 7:13 AM
i cried reading phillip pullman's "THe shadow in the North"
:( but that's it
BlackHood
04-07-2008, 8:19 AM
I read this book called A Child Called It a couple years ago. I forget who the author is.
It's about a child who was horribly abused by his mother and survived. If you want a sad book, read that one.
It's really short though. Less than 200 pages for sure. I finished it in about 3 hours.
This is only a really sad book because its a true story. In fact, many people didn't believe it was true (some still don't) because of how bad some of the stuff is.
Of Mice and Men. I don't think I even need to explain why, seeing as most of you have probably read it in high school English class. My whole class was so upset. :frown:
The ending of Where the Red Fern Grows made me tear up but I suppose that's because I like animals so much, dogs especially.
Barista
04-07-2008, 1:18 PM
1984, horribly depressing. Made me numb for days imagining it coming true.
History
04-07-2008, 4:08 PM
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. Despite being possibly the greatest trilogy of books ever written, I cried several times throughout the series. Yet to see the movie, but Im terrified it'll be shit. But then, no movie made from a book could be good enough to do HDM justice.
I cried so hard at the end of this series it was ridiculous. I felt like my heart was breaking.
The Dark Tower made me cry in parts too, but it doesnt seem like your cup o tea, JT. Wicked by Gregory Maguire also has its parts, I definately sobbed reading that one in a couple different places, but I haven't read it in ages so I'm not sure if I should reccomend it or not.
Riddlebox
04-07-2008, 4:15 PM
How has no one mentioned 'Night" by Elie Wiesel? Jesus Christ thats a sad book.
Chocoholic
04-07-2008, 5:38 PM
Of Mice and Men. I don't think I even need to explain why, seeing as most of you have probably read it in high school English class. My whole class was so upset. :frown:
I concur. Mainly because it was so lifelike.
Other than that, there really isn't anything. I have a heart made of stone. Touching books just make me laugh. Like Tuesdays with Morrie.
How has no one mentioned 'Night" by Elie Wiesel? Jesus Christ thats a sad book.
I read it in high school, and it was incredibly sad. The part that really got me was when his father gave him the knife and the spoon, because he was unsure of whether he would see him again. :frown:
KtotheT
04-08-2008, 4:15 PM
The Old Man and The Sea is the saddest book I have ever read because it points out that life is pointless so well.
I had this book it was more for a freshmen reading level, Making the Run, it wasn't complete and utter shit like I thought, and possibly one of the only books that actually made me cry.
Scrotemeal
04-11-2008, 8:58 PM
A book (and its sequel-ish) which really depressed me was Bloodtide and Bloodsong by Melvin Burgess (I'm pretty sure).
It was amazingly depressing, and it really involved me in the story, and got me really hoping for a happy ending, and for something to go right for once. Which it didn't. Which just made them both even more sad.
MissRAWR
04-11-2008, 11:42 PM
Of Mice and Men. I don't think I even need to explain why, seeing as most of you have probably read it in high school English class. My whole class was so upset. :frown:
I was bawlin at that book. Same as you, everyone in my class was so sad. Lenny was awesome.
That stupid chick should've stopped freaking out when Lenny told her to. Then all the shit with Lenny wouldn't have happened. All cuz he likes fluffy things...
xkittenxsocksx
04-18-2008, 1:52 PM
Dostoevsky gets pretty dark at times, probably not enough to make you whimper but meh.
Of Mice and Men. I don't think I even need to explain why, seeing as most of you have probably read it in high school English class. My whole class was so upset. :frown:
A retard gets a better life? The book is about hope and the segregation of blacks. What's not to love...
1984, horribly depressing. Made me numb for days imagining it coming true.
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RessXalcor
04-18-2008, 2:24 PM
Earenst Hemmingways' A Fearwell to arms
it made me cry for what happened in the ending
Otsokarhu
04-19-2008, 8:26 AM
The very end of Catch22 is horribly depressing.
Aoife, why exactly is the end of catch 22 very depressing? I haven't read it in a while, but I don't recall that I would've felt horribly depressed or saddened because of its end. Yossarian lives in the end, continues his goal to live forever or die trying. I haven't looked back at it now and don't know exactly how it ends, but I just can't remember feeling depressed. And I've read it many times, written papers about it.
If you want depressing and sad, check out Raymond Carver's short stories. Nobody captures better the static depression of the ordinary man than Carver, to me no author has touched me like he has.
How has no one mentioned 'Night" by Elie Wiesel? Jesus Christ thats a sad book.
I was going to recommend that one! It is horribly depressing. It's a shorter book to, so you can cry sooner. I think the worst part of the book is when everyone at the camp had to all watch a child... well I won't give it away, but it was awful. This is good timing considering it's depressing comic week.
Pie_Dee
04-19-2008, 10:36 AM
Okay, there's obviously something wrong with me because I read Night, Of Mice and Men, 1984, the His Dark Materials Series and all of Dave Pelzer's books and didn't cry in any, although I thoroughly enjoyed all of them and was depressed by them. However, Of Mice and Men wasn't as sad as people are making it out to be considering Lenny was happy when he died, and it was rather sweet of George to do what he did, instead of letting Lenny die at the hands of Curley or some other character insensitive to Lenny. It was tender.
The only book I vividly remember wanting to cry while reading was My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult, but I can think of a lot of other books as well that were beautiful to read.
How about:
The Colour Purple by Alice Walker,
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey,
The Thorn Birds by Collen McCullough,
Sacred Country by Rose Tremain,
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka or
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro?
All of these are great reads, and you may have already read some of them.
Be forewarned that Never Let Me Go isn't for someone with little patience. The style doesn't appeal to everyone and a lot of people stop before the story unfolds fully, but if this type of thing works for you, then it just makes the story fuller and it is an incredibly touching book and is one of my favourite books.
Koots Klone
04-19-2008, 3:14 PM
Teusdays With Morrie By Mitch ________, it is the only book i have ever cried over.
Jallen
04-19-2008, 4:12 PM
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey,
I had forgotten about this, but it almost did make me cry. It quite pissed me off.
Mr.Tea
04-19-2008, 5:02 PM
Although it may be rather long, "All the King's Men" is sad in a way thats not to obvious in its appeal, but rather dark and moody. I loved it for all it had, because it was so depressing at times yet so riveting. In my opinion, even if it isn't the saddest of books to read, it still is just amazing.
Tuesdays With Morrie- I just finished reading that last week. I was so close to tears, I reminded me of my grandmothers death so at the end the description of Morrie was heartbreaking.
'Night' by Elie Weisel- also just finished reading this book recently. It's hard to believe that that actually happened. The symbolism is incredible in this novel. The pipel part was exctremely sad.
Black Beauty- Never to sure why this makes me cry but it does.
Failurasarus
04-20-2008, 4:37 PM
Closing Time is way more depressing than Catch-22. Seeing (or reading, or whatever) the characters as old dying people was even sadder than I thought.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare! :fmita:
Pachycephelosaurus
04-20-2008, 11:52 PM
Lots of Kafka's stuff is really depressing. For an example everyone has read, "The Metamorphosis." Gregor lived an awful life...
Brooke4585
04-21-2008, 12:46 AM
But the irony is, Gregor's goals were attained by the end of the story. He worked so hard at the beginning to make his family's life better. Go back and read the last few paragraphs. Ridiculous.
I liked The Giver in junior high school, and The Time Traveler's Wife is a bit chick lit, but good. Zorba the Greek is interesting. The Kite Runner makes me cringe, and is also very good.
It's a movie, but El Labrinto del Fauno (Pan's Labrynth) and Children of Men have a similar gut-sinking effect.
The Fetus
04-22-2008, 10:18 AM
William S. Burroughs' first novel Junky is VERY depressing. It's not depressing in a sense that someone dies or leaves and you think "Man, that really sucks, I liked that guy..." but in a sense that you're like "Woah, there are people in big cities that are really living this type of lifestyle." It's a strange and well-written book. It's about a closeted homosexual with a bad drug addiction.
King Lear, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet... in fact, most of Shakespeare's plays from comedy to tagedy.... end with (almost) the whole cast being dead.
Shakespeare rules!
GrapefruitMovin
04-22-2008, 10:55 AM
I guess I don't read many sad/depressing books most of them are science fiction books mainly but one book that I did find truly depressing was Where the Red Fern Grows that book was the saddest book i have read.
Brooke4585
04-22-2008, 8:57 PM
I am remiss for forgetting Mark Twain. At the beginning, he was a brilliant comedian, but near the end of his life, his son, wife, and favorite daughter died in rapid succession. His writing at that time makes me feel like I'm going to be sick, and question why life even exists. It's that good...bad...good. Something.
TheClimber
04-24-2008, 9:12 PM
So, no Bell Jar? I mean, it didn't make me cry, but it was so deeply depressing and dark. Just the last line of that book can make you shiver.
Also, toward the end of the shining, when Jack dies. That sucked.
Aoife, why exactly is the end of catch 22 very depressing? I haven't read it in a while, but I don't recall that I would've felt horribly depressed or saddened because of its end. Yossarian lives in the end, continues his goal to live forever or die trying. I haven't looked back at it now and don't know exactly how it ends, but I just can't remember feeling depressed. And I've read it many times, written papers about it.
The state of complete desolation that they're left in? Yeah, Yossarian is alive but everything has been destroyed by the war.
Re-read the last few pages.
TheClimber
04-25-2008, 3:03 PM
Also, I'd like to add Fight Club. Pretty sad.
He thinks he's in heaven :/
Riddlebox
04-27-2008, 6:11 PM
Oh I forgot about Flowers for Algernon , that was a pretty sad book as well. It's depressing, and it makes you think as well. I doubt you'll cry though.
Where the Red Fern Grows almost made me cry though. I like dogs :(
Oh I forgot about Flowers for Algernon , that was a pretty sad book as well. It's depressing, and it makes you think as well. I doubt you'll cry though.
Where the Red Fern Grows almost made me cry though. I like dogs :(
Flowers might have been the first book to make me cry. I read it back when I was like, 11. But really, any book with an extremely likable main character dying, it gets me all choked up.
In The Long Walk by Stephen King as Richard Bachman, the number of likable characters is just so immense, and when it gets down to the last bit, you can just predict yourself getting sad.
Riddlebox
04-28-2008, 10:34 PM
In The Long Walk by Stephen King as Richard Bachman, the number of likable characters is just so immense, and when it gets down to the last bit, you can just predict yourself getting sad.
Probably my favorite book. I mentioned it in the Dark Tower thread. The main character shares my last name, making him awesome. I probably would have one of the people who tried to fight.
The Fetus
04-29-2008, 2:21 PM
Oh my God! I absolutely loved The Long Walk, and I must agree, it is frightening and depressing.
Vlora
04-30-2008, 11:14 PM
I don't agree with the Long Walk being so amazing with likable characters. Most of them were naive and whiny and confused. I absolutely hated the boy with a wife and kid on the way... What a horrible person to kill himself like that. The saddest book I've ever read is by far The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. I just read it last week actually and it had me bawling for an hour. I so very rarely cry at books. I could just identify with the characters so much, and Max was such a good person. Usually books make me think, and I can steal myself against the grief, but it was like that story built knives of sadness and then as the plot unfolded it would stab you with them. It's about a girl coming of age in Nazi Germany with a foster family that doesn't harbor Nazi beliefs. It's not a chick read and it's not like any other holocaust book I've ever read. The good writing and good character development, and interesting, nonlinear plot make it one of the best books I've ever read too. It wasn't cheap death for sadness's sake.
Woodstock
05-02-2008, 4:04 PM
I like to read literature that makes me sad. I don't know why but if a book gets that deep that it can seriously touch my emotions that deep, so as to make me depressed or sad or cry even, then it's the only way that I know for a fact that it's a good book.
I actually don't think a book has made me cry since I was like 13 and Dumbledore died. And that book fucking sucked. Any suggestions?
Depends how emotionally deep you are. I'd say The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and...maybe His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman? I know what you mean, it feels better when a book brings on an epiphany of some sort. So yeah.
Woodstock
05-02-2008, 4:06 PM
I don't agree with the Long Walk being so amazing with likable characters. Most of them were naive and whiny and confused. I absolutely hated the boy with a wife and kid on the way... What a horrible person to kill himself like that. The saddest book I've ever read is by far The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak.
I totally agree- that was a sad book. It didn't make me cry, but very nearly.
RaiRai
05-03-2008, 3:45 PM
Please... Stop Laughing At Me by Jodee Blanco was a good book about not being able to fit into school and constant bullying.
Prozac Nation was a GREAT book, by Elizabeth Wurtzel.
Depends how emotionally deep you are. I'd say The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and...maybe His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman? I know what you mean, it feels better when a book brings on an epiphany of some sort. So yeah.
I was going to put Catcher in the Rye but I didn't want to seem like a lameass because it made me cry. It might be one of the only ones that has other than the harry potter series, actually.
INTUNEevolution
05-04-2008, 3:42 PM
Green Mile made me openly weep when I was 12 or 13.
Page 268-269 of Samedi the Deafness made me wonder why I bother living on this world.
So those are sad.
I agree with the people who said Tuesdays With Morrie. Oh, and For One More Day by Mitch Albom was sad too.
cptlol
05-08-2008, 2:14 PM
The Last Guardian, a book about Medivh - World of Warcraft.
Don't know why, but I felt a bit sad.
And JIG, can't recall correct but something about a hitman. Ends with the Hitman dying :(
Tastychainsaws
05-15-2008, 4:57 PM
That book "Long Way Gone" By Ishmael Beah was pretty morbid. It's an autobiography about his life as a child soldier in Seira Leone.
lollercaust
05-15-2008, 9:27 PM
So, no Bell Jar? I mean, it didn't make me cry, but it was so deeply depressing and dark. Just the last line of that book can make you shiver.
A lot in that book made me shiver... but not the last line. :indiff:
Death of a Salesman was pretty depressing and made me sad, because it just showed the downfall of a man who has simply worked himself past his limit. Especially in the end when his son tells him he loves him, and then he kills himself. That part probably upset me the most, just because of what it meant.
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FallenMorgan
05-25-2008, 2:08 PM
1984 was pretty sad, and, the book "The Ultimate Solution," although I've never read it, is incredibly morbid and sad as hell.
xkittenxsocksx
05-25-2008, 2:49 PM
James and the giant peach.
The_Omnipotent_Shoe
05-26-2008, 9:01 PM
...I cried at the end of Of Mice and Men. Such a sad ending. :(
ZulieKat
06-03-2008, 8:54 PM
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann... depressing bits of mental illness, self destruction, and hopelessness sprinkled throughout... and then a depressing end to top it off. Very good read.
timbot
06-03-2008, 11:45 PM
How is James and Giant Peach a depressing book? It's got a happy ending, and nothing too sad happens.
JamesKPolk
06-04-2008, 12:28 PM
Slapstick is by far Vonneguts most depressing book. It is also goddamn awesome, as you might expect from a writer such as Vonnegut. He states in the beggining of the book that this book would be closest thing he would ever write to an autobiography, and if you look close enough you can see some paralels with his life.
It is sad, however, the writer also, sometimes makes you feel silly for being so depressed about it, as it is written as memoires of a fictional (or semi-fictional) character, who is not whining about his past, feeling depressed about it sometimes feels so very weird.
Definately recommend it.
SomethingWitty
06-04-2008, 1:05 PM
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks
FallenMorgan
06-04-2008, 2:15 PM
I agree that Catcher in the Rye is a sad-ish book. It's basically the emo bible.
History
06-04-2008, 2:35 PM
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I'm starting The Book Thief tonight. I bought it about three weeks ago, and I'm very excited for it. I figured it would be depressing. Now I know who to come to if I need to talk about it.
Scrotemeal
06-05-2008, 12:11 AM
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Yes yes yes. It's so well written, and so.. sad. And The Messenger by Markus Zusak as well, it's sad but awesome.
Prometheaus
06-19-2008, 6:11 PM
That book "Long Way Gone" By Ishmael Beah was pretty morbid. It's an autobiography about his life as a child soldier in Seira Leone.
I'm reading that right now! I'm not very far into it, keep getting distracted but it's very good.
The Road by Cormack McCarthy. The only book to really make me cry
A million little pieces - James Frey.
I originally thought it was a biography but many believe it fictitious. I'm personally not too sure but regardless of it being biographical or not I felt torn during the book. Its basically the story of a drug and alcohol addict and how the addict tries to get clean.
It was by far one of the best books I've read, it was just a raw emotional book that invoked more emotion in me then I have ever felt from any form of art before.
American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story, by Cynthia True.
Just a biography of the legendary Mr. Hicks, but if you're a fan of his then reading about his struggle with, and eventual death to pancreatic cancer is just heartbreaking.
Balkothdr
06-23-2008, 11:39 AM
Pretty much any Orwellian Utopia book like 1984 or Animal Farm is pretty depressing. Not in a teary eyed sorta way, but more in a "Wow I feel really depressed and shitty inside because of the condition of the human race" sorta way.
The only book that I can remember making me cry was about a boy who adopted a racoon, and then the racoon dies at the end. Its sorta like a racoon version of Where the Red Fern Grows
Riddlebox
06-23-2008, 1:07 PM
Pretty much any Orwellian Utopia book like 1984 or Animal Farm is pretty depressing. Not in a teary eyed sorta way, but more in a "Wow I feel really depressed and shitty inside because of the condition of the human race" sorta way.
The only book that I can remember making me cry was about a boy who adopted a racoon, and then the racoon dies at the end. Its sorta like a racoon version of Where the Red Fern Grows
your thinking of Rascal. That was a good book, I liked all those elementary school books, Rascal, Where the Red Fern Grows, Summer of the Monkeys.
Two books that just came to me that were sad were Brave New World and Bridge to Terabithia.
Also, you guys need to read Childhood's End By Arthur C. Clarke, and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Both are fairly depressing, especially McCarthy's. I absolutely loved both of them, and Childhood's End is probably my favorite Clarke book, followed by Rendezvous with Rama.
Also, what made the Road perfectly depressing was This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4) song that kept popping up on the radio while I was reading it.
You should read Nathan's Run, I can't remember the authors name right now. I cried my heart out. :(
hoe_14
11-01-2008, 9:36 PM
i cried for an hour after i read 13 reasons why it's about a girl who committed suicide and she has tapes with 13 people on them and she records why she is commiting suicide and all the people who were part of it had to listen to the tapes one person did not do anything bad he was on them for another reason .....it is just very sad
Wackomyjacko
11-02-2008, 3:59 PM
How has no one mentioned 'Night" by Elie Wiesel? Jesus Christ thats a sad book.
Yeah, that is a really sad one. We did a school project over this book and it was upsetting to see how those people lived like that.
But I haven't actually cried since I read J.K. Rowlings "Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix" when Sirius Black died. He was my favorite character.
Britney Spears
11-02-2008, 5:36 PM
Where the Red Fern Grows almost made me cry though. I like dogs :(
I read that for a book report in sixth grade and cried non-stop. I was so confused. I had never cried over a book before that.
The Great Gatsby is very sad. Not crying sad, but sad.
Twilight. That book is so bad it makes me sad.
Other than that, Schindler's List was sad.
KeyboardSpastic
11-02-2008, 8:14 PM
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini was pretty sad for me. Mainly the parts where Hassan gets raped, then later on in his life he gets shot. Just a moving book, it's a shame the movie sucked.
FuriousPineapple
11-02-2008, 9:30 PM
When I was little I read The Giver and that wrung a few tears out of me. Maybe not now, but it's a great read and pretty short. Maybe I just enjoyed it so much because I was much younger and easier to move/please then, but maybe not... So check it out.
Get_out_of_mycar
11-03-2008, 1:02 AM
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini was pretty sad for me. Mainly the parts where Hassan gets raped, then later on in his life he gets shot. Just a moving book, it's a shame the movie sucked.
That was incredibly painful to read, quite intense.
I am not sure if it has been said yet, but The Perks of Being a Wallflower was an incredibly good read. Given it is not an amazing, award-winning book, but for what it was it conveyed a lot of emotion.
Another gripping story is one of George Orwell's lesser known books Burmese Nights. The constant let downs with the main protagonists love interest and the events that lead to both his societal/actual death are completely heartbreaking.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini was pretty sad for me. Mainly the parts where Hassan gets raped, then later on in his life he gets shot. Just a moving book, it's a shame the movie sucked.
Oh the rape scene was so awful but what I hated more was how Amir couldn't deal with it and felt the need to get rid of Hassan to be rid of the guilt. Horrific story overall.
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javaD
11-16-2008, 12:23 PM
Flowers for Algernon That was fucking Deppresing, towards the end of the book when Charlie goes Dumb again, it makes you cry when he starts to realize he is going dumb...again.
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11-16-2008, 4:21 PM
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Tastychainsaws
11-18-2008, 9:11 PM
Flowers for Algernon That was fucking Deppresing, towards the end of the book when Charlie goes Dumb again, it makes you cry when he starts to realize he is going dumb...again.
Yeah it was kinda sad. The whole last half of the book seemed really dark, I noticed when got smart he was real jack ass.
The_Solipsist
11-19-2008, 9:34 PM
The Stranger by Albert Camus.
NorthernSky
12-28-2008, 5:15 AM
I haven't read a really good sad book in a long time but I completely recommend The Deep End of the Ocean and A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley. I'm sorry that I don't remember off the top of my head who wrote Deep End. White Oleander by Janet Fitchwas also stunningly sad, but something that I understood on an insane spiritual and emotional level, also a very good read.
SarcasticSmile
12-28-2008, 9:21 AM
I can´t beleive you guys forgot Oliver Twist.
Valkyrie
12-28-2008, 9:27 AM
Spud by John van de Ruit. Brilliant book, quite funny and entertaining until the last few chapters where he has you bawling his eyes out. Definitely a worthwhile read.
hollywood_maggot
12-28-2008, 7:57 PM
His Dark Materials series. If you don't cry at the end of the third book there's something wrong with you. I also cried at the end of the 2nd book.
woodentoast
12-29-2008, 2:54 PM
His Dark Materials series. If you don't cry at the end of the third book there's something wrong with you. I also cried at the end of the 2nd book.
I don't really remember the end of the 2nd one but the 3rd one was pretty depressing.
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer, it's already been mentioned but it's an incredibly fucked up true story, i'd recommend it.
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