Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 20:54     Subject: What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
Giovanni's Room.
The Sense of an Ending.
Agree with Atonement.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 20:47     Subject: What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
"Indiscretion" by Charles Dubow is up there. Many other sadder ones already listed here, but "Indiscretion" will effing stay with you.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 20:47     Subject: Re:What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bridge to Terabithia
Velveteen Rabbit


Wow - yeah. I hadn't considered young adult, but this is spot on.

Also - She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb.


I left "She's Come Undone" in a hotel room in Dallas it was SO bad--I couldn't finish it. So depressing. Just bad book.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 20:40     Subject: Re:What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Me Before You. It had me sobbing at the end and I think of myself as very cold-hearted and jaded.


This book pissed me off. It basically made the argument that if you are severally handicapped, there is nothing to live for.

Hated hated hated it.


I didnt like it either. I read it after reading one of her other books, the girl you left behind, which I loved.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 20:38     Subject: What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
Anonymous wrote:The first time I read “The Kite Runner”, I was on an airplane and had to go in the bathroom so I could cry. I was affected for weeks by that book. It was so good but really hit me hard.


Omg I’m pretty sure I was on a plane when I read this too! Also The Red Tent and The Book Thief. Why do I always finish sad books in public places.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 20:22     Subject: What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
Anonymous wrote:Am I Still a Sister?

Written by a girl about the loss of her little brother to cancer.


Oh man I haven’t read this book but just hearing the title makes me tear up.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 20:18     Subject: What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
Tuesday’s with Morrie.

I had to read it for a school project & it was so heartbreaking to read.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 17:47     Subject: Re:What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
The Book Thief
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 17:11     Subject: Re:What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
Anonymous wrote:I'm shocked no one mentioned Sophie's Choice yet. That book had me weeping on the metro like a baby.


Came here to post this one. I think one problem is that its been spoiled for so many people, it loses some of the impact.
And if you don't know what I'm talking about, go read this book RIGHT NOW (and don't tell anyone you're doing it until you're done.)
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 16:50     Subject: What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
Am I Still a Sister?

Written by a girl about the loss of her little brother to cancer.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 16:11     Subject: What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
+1 velveteen rabbit
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 16:08     Subject: What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
Eleni
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 16:07     Subject: What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
The Road (fiction)
Kaffir Boy (non-fiction)
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 15:57     Subject: Re:What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
Anonymous wrote:Me Before You. It had me sobbing at the end and I think of myself as very cold-hearted and jaded.


This book pissed me off. It basically made the argument that if you are severally handicapped, there is nothing to live for.

Hated hated hated it.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2019 15:56     Subject: Re:What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bridge to Terabithia
Velveteen Rabbit


Wow - yeah. I hadn't considered young adult, but this is spot on.

Also - She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb.


Tuck Everlasting