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Ever cried at a book?

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No
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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. The story was told so beautifully, in a way only Madeline Miller can do. By the end, I was ugly sobbing harder than I had in a very long time. Even already knowing the myth of Achilles well didn’t save me from just collapsing in the kind of sobs where you can’t breathe. 10/10 would read a hundred times.
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The main book i can think of that had made me cry has got to be Double Identity. I could feel her emotions throughout the book and they really spoke to me. It was almost as if i was in the characters shoes.
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I know there have been a few but one that stands out is Wish You Well by David Baldacci. He's such a great author I've enjoyed all of the books I have read by him. Wish You Well is just a little different than all the others and had such an amazing , heartfelt storyline... I couldn't put it down.
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There’s one I immediately thought of as soon as I read this topic! It’s not a book that makes you cry at the end, but something like 50 pages in you start tearing up and it just keeps going and going as the situation worsens till I at least, just have a constant stream of tears for like, 1-2 chapters before it does a jump ahead for passing time.
It’s “The Ship Who Searched” by Anne McCaffrey. I read it when I was like, 10 and haven’t really stopped.
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I feel like i’m the only weird one here because i’ve never cried over a book. I don’t even cry over movies. Maybe i just haven’t found some really sad ones though.
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jsmyla wrote: 09 Apr 2023, 21:50 There’s one I immediately thought of as soon as I read this topic! It’s not a book that makes you cry at the end, but something like 50 pages in you start tearing up and it just keeps going and going as the situation worsens till I at least, just have a constant stream of tears for like, 1-2 chapters before it does a jump ahead for passing time.
It’s “The Ship Who Searched” by Anne McCaffrey. I read it when I was like, 10 and haven’t really stopped.
Currently looking for a book that would make me cry so i guess i’m going to be reading this.
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Ash Subra wrote: 15 Mar 2023, 02:26 Not one but few books. The last one was while reading Its end with us.
I’ve had this on my reading list for a while i think it’s finally time to give it a chance.
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I did not expect to cry at the Kiss Quotient but definitely did. Twice ...
And I literally sobbed while reading And the way home gets longer and longer by Fredrik Backman ... so touching! So good!
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hee via wrote: 11 Apr 2023, 00:06
jsmyla wrote: 09 Apr 2023, 21:50 There’s one I immediately thought of as soon as I read this topic! It’s not a book that makes you cry at the end, but something like 50 pages in you start tearing up and it just keeps going and going as the situation worsens till I at least, just have a constant stream of tears for like, 1-2 chapters before it does a jump ahead for passing time.
It’s “The Ship Who Searched” by Anne McCaffrey. I read it when I was like, 10 and haven’t really stopped.
Currently looking for a book that would make me cry so i guess i’m going to be reading this.
I hardly ever ACTUALLY cry over a book or movie. It has to be something that’s really unjust as well as sad, AND the sad part has to go on long enough to go through my stages of “oh no!, This is terrible!, I’m tearing up a bit… I sniffed a bit… It’s getting a little hard to see… a tear finally fell… they’re STILL dragging me through this?… I’ve actually got multiple tears already, you can stop anytime… *dam breaks*”.
I’m not avoiding crying, it’s just that I’m TOO sensitive about non-fiction so I don’t even want the news much less read the genre. Then with any kind of fiction I know it’s not real so why would I cry about something made up? (never speak of The Green Mile)
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We had to read it for senior year and the day it was due, I was amazed when the first thing the teacher asked was "Okay, did anybody cry when reading this book?" Turns out she and I actually cried at the same parts. :)
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Heartless by Marissa Meyer, it wasn't the saddest book I've ever read but I still cried. Then when I started to reread it, I sobbed 50 pages in remembering the ending.
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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
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