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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can those of you who read a lot of extremely sad books explain why?  Truly curious, as I really avoid them like the plague. I don't like sacharrine romance novels, but I don't purposely pick books that I know will make me cry through the whole thing either.[/quote]

I don't purposely pick them either.  And it's not what people are implying on this thread.  They're just naming the saddest books they've read :-)
You shouldn't avoid books that have sadness -- you're missing some of the best fiction in literature.  And, as a plus, it makes you a more empathetic human being. [/quote]

I think some people are actually implying that.  One person said "sometimes you just need a weeper".  Some posters have multiple sad books they can post, whereas it's a bit harder for me to name multiple ones since I don't enjoy reading them.  I don't avoid books that have sad parts, but I do avoid books are wholly said--tearjerkers, so to speak.  Some movies are like that, too.  I don't enjoy it, and there is a lot of great literature out there that isn't that way.

I've read "Of Mice and Men" and "To Kill a Mockingbird", both of which are great and sad--but are not written purely to tug at hearstrings.  "My Sister's Keeper", on the other hand, is.  I think it's one literary rung above a Harlequin romance.  Of course, YMMV.  :)[/quote]

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