Snic19,
Certainly not. Wept openly during the fourth book and my cheeks remained moist throughout the last part of the seventh.
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Snic19,
Certainly not. Wept openly during the fourth book and my cheeks remained moist throughout the last part of the seventh.
the kite runner
and i dont know why
i may have been overly sensitive that day
it made me cry.
:banana:
I'm surprised. 'The Catcher in the Rye' is the only book I read that didn't got me mushy. Probably because the cynical way it's written. It doesn't really invites a "crying-mood" if you know what I mean. It was very absorbing, though, **SPOILER AHEAD** I was even slightly vexed when he broke the record he bought to Phoebe.Quote:
Originally Posted by mono
The Outsiders made me cry, and so did The Notebook, granted, I only saw the movie, and I heard the book was better, so I would be bawling like a baby had I read the book.
*Mouse
Long time ago i read abook by name a death in the family . I DON'T know the name of the author. It is about a sudden death of the head of the family in an accident. It made me sad for weeks . And also "Broken wings" by Kahil Gibran.
is it by James Agee?
and welcome to the forum. :)
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Originally Posted by mohan_kumar
Yes, I found the book's author, A Death In The Family, as James Agee, too, amuse.Quote:
Originally Posted by amuse
http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/info_5024.asp
It sounds relatively good! :)
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Ethan Frome- Ill fated lovers! (achingly beautiful and painful)
The Great Gatsby- The American Dream, love, corruption...oi.
Long Day's Journey Into Night- I can't talk about it...(sob)
White Oleander- WOW
I love to read, and to cry, oddly enough...
the two books that made me cry were: my sisiter's keeper ( i really recommend it to every one)
and a walk to remember- even the film made me cry as well!!!
yepp yepp... It also made me cry!!! :bawling: A Walk to Remember is such a goooooooood book! Its sooo sad! I also cried in the movie. But don't you think that the movie isn't as good as the book. They changed a lot of things- but it is still sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by myself
--I think that guys like the character in A Walk To Remember are rare!!!
the only book that has ever made me cry is Of Mice and Men...
when george has to shoot lenny, i fine it to be the most horrible thing in the entire world, to have to kill your best friend.
Old Yeller-what a tear jerker.
for me, "Peter pan" makes me cry a lot...
at the last chapter "When Wendy Grow up"
Wendy grew up, she had her family and litlle child.
Peter forget to visit her for long time. One day, he came to her and he found that she grew up...she can't fly. Peter was so sad, he cry a lot but Wendy didn't care. now, she is a mother and Peter is just a child...no more than that
she said that "It is only the gay and innocent and heartless who can fly"
The Hiding Place, Where the Red Fern Grows and My Brother Sam is Dead. I admit to crying at those. All very good books, some very sad moments.
Of Mice and Men is a sad book but it didn't make me cry lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by jessezzel
I think that George made a mistake by killing Lenny... It wasn't his job and he can't take anyone's life away even if the person doesn'
t care or know; like Lenny.
"Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. We did this for year 10 English, and most people hated it but I secretly loved it.
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by JKR.
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" by JKR
"Harry POtter and the Half Blood Prince" by JKR
"His Dark Materials" by Phillip Pullman
"White Gardenia"...gosh, I can't remember who it's by!
"Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley. But sometimes it was more bittersweet tears.
"Looking for Alibrandi" by Melina Marchetta. Same as above
"The Tomorrow Series" by John Marsden. Particularly when Ellie is thinking about Corrie in the fourth book *grabs tissue* And also I think at the end of "The Third Day, The Frost" and how they got out of Stratton Prison...that made my cry like a baby!
"This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen" I can't remember who it's by either.
Also there have been A LOT of fanfictions out there that have made me cry *note to self: do not say that too loud on a literature forum full of intelligent people...*
Yeah, George had killed him out of kindness and all but still, Lenny's death was an unecassary tragedy.Quote:
Originally Posted by miss_07
The Green mile; other than that i don't really cry over books
These books also made me cry.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrsCoulter
Sorry, I have not read Mice And Men. I meant HP 4, 5 and 6 made me cry.
The God of Small Things is a book that comes to mind immediately... I cried more than once while reading it.
Of Mice and Men
Stranger in a Strange Land
Those are the only ones taht immediately come to mind.
I can't believe someone earlier said they got more emotional over films than books! You can never get so entirely into a character's mind in a film like you can in a novel. Of the novels already mentioned I will admit I've cried at 'The Lovely Bones', 'LOTR', '1984', 'Little Women', 'His Dark Materials' and various 'Harry Potter' books.
I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned 'The Time Traveller's Wife' yet. I read it recently and cried at several points but was in floods of tears at the end! It left me with that horrible, "I'll never find another novel that good again," feeling you get after you read something amazing.
My Sister's Keeper made me cry too!!
so did The Time Traveller's Wife
both books were amazing!!
I am getting a little nervous here with all the comments about LOTR, I am halfway through the first book and I am finding out it makes so many people cry. But then again, I cried during the third movie when Frodo tells Sam to go home. I guess we'll see.
Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon) makes me cry. I think it was because you can get so involved with the plot it seems like you are there. I just want to tell the whole story, but just go and read it alright!!
Umm..a book I read when I was in jr. high called Phoenix Rising (Karen Hesse). It was about a nuclear meltdown. This girl and her grandmother take in some radiation poisoned people, and she falls in love with the boy....and well...**tear**
I'm sure there are a lot more, just can't think of anymore at the moment.
All Quiet on The Western Front.
Things Fall Apart , Chinua Achebe.
The Butcher boy - Patrick McCabe
Gone With the Wind
Well, that doesn't actually happen in the book so you should be okay. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by grace86
I did have tears in my eyes once when I read LOTR, when we think Frodo dies, not because of any attachment to Frodo but because Sam's grief just breaks my heart. Swan Song by John Galsworthy made me sob, Soames' death just destroyed me, I knew it was coming and I actually stopped reading the book for a couple of days because I didn't want to confront it but eventually, I had to accept the fact that he was going to die and move on. The last one is actually a little embarassing because it's kind of 'chick lit' but it did make me cry so I suppose I have to add it to my list, A Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan.
The Catcher in the rye - J.D Salinger
The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh (more so the TV series, but the book's sad, too)
The Sorrows of Young Werther - Goethe
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
I would definitely have to say Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It was a wonderful book...you really feel like you get to know the characters personally, and while it might be somewhat long it's worth it. I found that once I picked it up I couldn't put it down... In fact I've been thinking about reading it again, so I'll get to that. ^_^
Yes, yes the The Little Prince brought tears to my eyes. I read my roommates copy. She said it was "a dear book." I think everyone should read this book. It's very short but there is a lot of good stuff in there. You can read it online even.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bysshe
Here are some of my favorite quotes from it:
"Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far..." Chapter 3
To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. Chapter 4
But seeds are invisible. They sleep deep in the heart of the earth's darkness, until some one among them is seized with the desire to awaken. Chapter 5
You know, one loves the sunset, when one is so sad..." Chapter 6
"If some one loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. He can say to himself, 'Somewhere, my flower is there...' Chapter 7
It is such a secret place, the land of tears. Chapter 8
Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. Chapter 9
One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform Chapter 10
Then you shall judge yourself. that is the most difficult thing of all. It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom." Chapter 10
Conceited people never hear anything but praise Chapter 11
When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth. Chapter 17
But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life ..You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. Chapter 21
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." Chapter 21
No one is ever satisfied where he is Chapter 22
What makes the desert beautiful," said the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well..." Chapter 24
But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart..." Chapter 25
One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed... Chapter 25
All men have the stars," he answered, "but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You, you alone, will have the stars as no one else has them" - Chapter 26
Flowers for Algernon - at the end of the book.
I agree with this.
Also World According to Garp - when the one son dies and the other one loses an eye. And when Garp gets shot in the end. Very sad.
I definitely felt with this book too, but It didn't make me cry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycheinaboat
The Green Mile
Bread Seller..........
Les Miserables, in several places. I'm a sucker for scenes that demonstrate ultimate human kindness, so the scene in which the bishop gives Jean ValJean the silver candlesticks always gets to me. The ending of the novel of course really moved me - such profound sadness, such a great soul.
Recently, I read The Kite Runner and it made me cry.