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Daddy Love by Joyce Carol Oates was very disturbing.
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For me the book that really disturbed and depressed me was "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. I had a terrible time moving past that one to get into reading another book.
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A Thousand splendid suns by khaled hoseni. Depressing doesn't even begin to cover it. It was too much that I cried for 3days straight after I finished it.
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salberson 10 wrote:The Glass Castle by Jeannette walls -horrifying - that being said its one of my favorites!
I had such a hard time reading this book. I had to put it down several times because you know that her story is a reality for so many people. It was an extraordinary book for being so damn upsetting.
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Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim was one of the most disturbing books I've ever read. Also, the Dollanganger series (Flowers in the Attic) was a really dark and messed up story.
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Bury Me Deep by Christopher Pike. I read it away from home, and I was terrified.
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Just read one for review for this site. But it disturbed me too much to even talk about...
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Room by Emma Donoghue is told from the point of view of a young child. The abuse and horrific moments within the novel are even more punctuated by the young narrators innocence.

Child Called It by Dave Pelzer is about a young boy severly abused and neglected by his mother. It has been ten years since I read this book and it still haunts me.
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The Breathing Series by Rebecca Donovan. I was an emotional wreck reading these.
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The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad, by Harrison E. Salisbury. A detailed summary of the 900 days of siege of the city of Leningrad during World War II. Almost physically painful to read but impossible to turn away from.
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Hahaha... I once tried to write a memoir about a certain event of my life. It depressed me too much, but only because I realized how much of an idiot I was when it was all happening. I couldn't finish it, because I didn't want it to be on record how stupid I acted back then.
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I know of two books. The first one is MR. Murder by Dean Koontz I had to stop reading it was so creepy, and the second I finished was Grim Reaper by Steve Alten. I love Steve's earlier books, monster hunter thrillers, MEG, and The LOCH, but he changed his writing and this one is creepy, religious and have a disturbing rape scene. I don't like rape scenes, I had to skip over the one in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which is an awesome series.
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ALynnPowers wrote:Hahaha... I once tried to write a memoir about a certain event of my life. It depressed me too much, but only because I realized how much of an idiot I was when it was all happening. I couldn't finish it, because I didn't want it to be on record how stupid I acted back then.
That is the best part of writing something you learned from. You can use it as a teachable moment or as a humorous story about way back when. The important thing is you gained insight from writing the piece. It might be something you want to keep and look back on when you don't feel as emotionally raw about the experience.
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DATo wrote:The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad, by Harrison E. Salisbury. A detailed summary of the 900 days of siege of the city of Leningrad during World War II. Almost physically painful to read but impossible to turn away from.
I find many war history books very disturbing because the reality of war is far more disturbing than anything that can be dreamed up in fiction. I particularly think of Kokoda by Paul Ham - the conditions those young men had to put up with, the atrocities committed by both sides, the senseless slaughter. I always ask myself how I would have coped!
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The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom) this one hit me hard! The story is heartbreaking and sad but also inspirational. I thought about it for weeks after completing it and something about it stayed with me until today. Has anyone here read it? What are your thoughts?
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