Your emotions take over you while reading ?

savilewis · Post by **savilewis** » 11 Aug 2015, 12:41

For sure, I'm quick to laugh or cry especially if I'm so into the book that the world around me fades away.

CaitCupcake · Post by **CaitCupcake** » 18 Aug 2015, 18:50

I'm guilty of this, it makes reading in public a dangerous game. I always tend to laugh when the characters are invovled in an awkward situation. Even had to put my book down and walk away to stop laughing once.

Bluedonutcentral · Post by **Bluedonutcentral** » 18 Aug 2015, 19:40

Depending on the book, yes I can become emotional while reading only once have I ever cried. The other times were laughter I can usually hold it in but then I would come across either a really ridiculous line of dialog or humorous one and I would just not be able to hold it in.

ola dark · Post by **ola dark** » 18 Aug 2015, 22:33

for me not so much , I don't get angry ,or cry (there were two books which made me cry until now) it's just sarcasm that makes me crack up laughing , specially when im listening to an audiobook in the bus ,it happed to much that I usually stay facing the window so that people wont notice (but they usually does)

WilliamsQ · Post by **WilliamsQ** » 18 Aug 2015, 23:23

Laughing out loud rarely. More smiling. Have gasped, or went "whoa". Also feel queasy if something awful happens to a nice character.

Rowenaleem · Post by **Rowenaleem** » 19 Aug 2015, 01:29

For me to get emotional for a book doesn't really take much and I don't know if it's because I have a good imagination or what. One of the first books that really hit me hard was called Go Ask Alice and honestly I ready it when I was about 12 but have reread it. That book for me broke my heart in so many ways and I learned a lot from it.

Georgethebookaholic · Post by **Georgethebookaholic** » 19 Aug 2015, 03:01

A lot.I like reading crime thrillers and detective stories. So its that moment when the villain has managed to trick some poor innocent detective into a trap, and the detective is so dumb he can't see it; he is going right into the trap. I find myself slapping the book and shouting at the detective "Come on, its a trap silly" i wouldn't want to imagine that happening in public!

Morgan_Malone · Post by **Morgan_Malone** » 28 Sep 2015, 21:18

I am usually not too externally emotional when reading (even if I am freaking out on the inside). There are rare cases though, usually with books that I really love, where I will spontaneously start laughing or crying. I try not to do this in public.

makenna-16 · Post by **makenna-16** » 03 Oct 2015, 18:49

All the time. I laugh, cry, yell and get angry when I read. I've been reading late at night before and was getting ready to yell at the ending of a book and then realized that everyone was asleep. (I had to yell into the pillow instead)

But I find that it's the best part of reading, being emotionally connected with the book.

Jojowrites4All · Post by **Jojowrites4All** » 04 Oct 2015, 10:57

Books take me through a range of emotions. Laughing, crying, anger, and shouting. I talk to characters. I'm that person that you slide away from on public transportation. I can be mistaken for someone with Tourette syndrome. Books have been my only friend since a little girl.

RussetDivinity · Post by **RussetDivinity** » 04 Oct 2015, 11:02

Oh, I do this all the time. I tend to get very invested in some characters, and sometimes I've had to stop reading because I was shaking too badly to continue.

sarahpayne23 · Post by **sarahpayne23** » 09 Feb 2016, 15:58

I definitely feel the emotions of the story, especially if it is well written. I have been known to laugh or cry or even feel depressed while reading a book. It is one of the reasons I enjoy reading so much!

cogarae · Post by **cogarae** » 09 Feb 2016, 16:05

I will sometimes laugh or cry in a story but I can only think of one book that I've read that I cried to and that was the last song by nicholas sparks. I feel more excitement when reading because I want to know what's going to happen next.

aparsons · Post by **aparsons** » 09 Feb 2016, 17:52

Melaniep wrote:
StephenKingman wrote: I tend to take statements like "I cried the whole way through the book" with a pinch of salt. Really? You cried that much during it, must be a lot of hyper sensitive people out there. That sort of nonsense is just the PR spin to sell books.
There has been one book I've read in my life that I would consider using that phrase while describing. It was A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer. No, I did not literally cry on every single page from cover to cover. But I did cry at least ten times. I don't consider myself hyper-sensitive, but reading about that level of child abuse and neglect from a first-hand account really got to me.

Other than that specific book, usually if there is a particularly sad part in a book, I will tear up, but they don't fall. And in funny parts, I'll usually smile, but very rarely laugh out loud.[/i]

I have read that book. It is a very touching story and worthy of a good cry. Maybe this makes me a sociopath, but I don't cry over atrocities done by people to other people. I cry when animals get hurt. Where the Red Fern Grows makes me cry EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. It is a spectacular book and a worthy read.

Edit: I will laugh out loud and make faces with the characters.

DesiP · Post by **DesiP** » 09 Feb 2016, 18:05

My emotions absolutely take over when I'm reading. Sometimes I bust out laughing or start to cry a little, and my husband looks at me like I'm crazy. Personally I like to read romance/erotica and when there is a tense moment, or the big misunderstanding is just happening, I get this drop feeling in my stomach because I just know the characters are going to have some angst. I love and hate that feeling. Love it because to me it signifies a good story, but hate it because it feels weird.