Holden Blake

The reason I'm writing this thread is because I'm fasinated by how far we can be moved emotionally by mere words on a page.
For me, I don't normally cry when reading books although I do get the occasional lump in my throat.

However books that have brought me to tears are:

'Johnny Angel'-The scene right at the end when Johnny leaves his mother was really heartbreaking

Although it's not a particularly sad book, for some reason I always felt like crying for Holden Caufiled in 'Cathcher in the Rye', namely the part when he talks about smashing all the windows after his little brother died, I think that's the scene that did it for me.

I can't think of anymore right now but If you'd like to share a particular scene or moment in a book please do..

toxicmusing

I read a lot of 'true story' books, crime ones or war ones, I've been upset reading them, especially the story of James Bulger, his murder here in Liverpool, but no, never cried. You've got me thinking though, because I've read countless books that have had me crying with laughter.

Hmmm will have a think about that.

Firewriter23

Okay...soo...this will sound weird...but Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. At the end when Sirius died.

Another one is Lucas by Kevin Brooks. The end when the town kills Lucas.

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Holden Blake

^ Not really, I had a lump in my throat at the end of HBP, even though it ended with them all in the sun, it was just really sad..probabily beacuse we all know that the good times won't last very long..

faithless

Most of the novel "Night," by Elie Wiesel, brought me closer to crying than any other book. I didn't cry, but it did shock and disgust me to the point of wanting to cry. There is some powerful prose in that one.
The end of "1984," by Orwell gave me goose bumps and made my eyes sting a bit.

That's about it for me.

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Holden Blake

^YOu just mentioned the ending of 1984, that reminds me of the ending to 'All's Quiet On The Western Front' (as the main character dies also)which was very sad, though I think they worst part was when they sent the little soldier kid to the dying rooms..that was awful..but he came back near the end so it wasn't all bad. But yeah, war books are always sad..

Strange Meeting is another, if anyone's heard of it, but I don't think it was enough to make me cry. Still sad.

bmroyer

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The part where Dumbledore died, and Hagrid carrying his body in his arms. The emotions Hagrid showed on his face was really heartbreaking if you read these books from the beginning and watched them grow.

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Archduke Robert of France

Hmm. I don't think a book has ever made me cry. Nope.

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Viqto

This doesn't really count, but I believe it was a book as well...

I watched Lorenzo's Oil and cried during that one repeatedly. It was about a mother's struggle for her son who had some ailment (can't recall what it was called). It required him to be on a respirator most of the time until she found this oil that had an aroma which helped him breath on his own. It was very emotional and....damnet I can't recall the actress who played the mom, but she was very good.

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Lonesome Dove.

ruksak

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. I don't want to give much away, but I have never read anything else so humanly harrowing.

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Scratches

Ditto with Of Mice And Men, but it may have been because I was about fourteen years old. But Lennie. Cripes.

I don't think I've ever all-out cried at a book, though the closest I've come was at the end of Douglas Coupland's Eleanor Rigby. I don't even know why.

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where the red fern grows. i was in like 1st grade, but still, that shit's powerful.

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strangedaze

the world according to garp by john irving

and

barney's version by mordecai richler

the protagonists were both quirky and i grew to love them. the ends were comedic but tragic, too. sigh. tear.

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I agree with Where the Red Fern Grows, as well as Bridge to Terabithia, both when I was younger.

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