Subject: The saddest book you've ever read
Posted by: Zann03
Date: Oct 30 08
Me? Sadako, the story of a girl who died of leukemia. She tries to get better by folding a thousand paper cranes, but she dies. Once, a teacher was reading it to my class, and she couldn't finish it because she was sniffing so hard.
Posted by: Zann03
Date: Oct 30 08
Me? Sadako, the story of a girl who died of leukemia. She tries to get better by folding a thousand paper cranes, but she dies. Once, a teacher was reading it to my class, and she couldn't finish it because she was sniffing so hard.
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To avoid repeating any books already mentioned I'd say "Famine" by Liam O'Flaherty. "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt was very sad and based on real events, but at least there was a happy ending for the author. I do also remember some pretty sad parts in other books such as "Strumpet City" by James Plunkett. Reply #101. Jul 21 15, 8:46 AM |
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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I can remember from my teaching days reading The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to my class. The scene where the boy has to shoot his pet deer had the whole class - including me - in tears. Reply #102. Jul 25 15, 6:46 PM |
Livi_Love
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Where the Red Fern grows made me cry so hard at the end. It seemed unnecessarily sad to kill off both dogs. Reply #103. Sep 18 15, 3:41 PM |
Blark14
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The saddest story I have ever read is "The Boy Called It". It's about a man who was abused as a child. Reply #104. Apr 13 16, 9:54 PM |
rayven80
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It's not the saddest book I've ever read, but "Unnatural Inquirer" by Simon R. Green has a really sad part. I cried most of the way home from work after I read it. Reply #105. Jul 22 16, 7:39 PM |
hekawi
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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee ~~~ Dee Brown Reply #106. Feb 22 17, 2:07 PM |
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Mika 18 ~~~ Leon Uris Reply #107. Feb 24 17, 5:33 PM |
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Spellcheck woes Mila 18 ~~~ Leon Uris Reply #108. Feb 24 17, 9:02 PM |
ankitankurddit
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Disgrace by J.M.Coetzee. Reply #109. Apr 15 17, 5:13 AM |
AcrylicInk
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'If I Stay' springs to mind. It's a teen novel by Gayle Foreman if I remember correctly. It's about a girl who is in a car crash with her family. She is in a coma but can hear what's going on around her. She has to make the decision about whether to 'stay' or 'go'. Reply #110. Jun 12 17, 5:02 PM |
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Having thought a bit more about this, I'd agree with Hekawi - "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown. I still have the book but I don't think I could bear to read it again. Too sad. Reply #111. Sep 04 17, 4:35 AM |
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"Andersonville" ~~~~~ MacKinlay Kantor Reply #112. Sep 04 17, 7:21 PM |
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A friend recommended "Rescuing Sprite" by Mark R. Levin, which turned out to be a heart wrenching account about the Levin family's adopted dog. I cannot recommend this book as it stirred up extremely unpleasant memories of health issues and deaths that my family and our pets have experienced over the years. If you have had someone you've loved die you have already experienced everything this book will evoke. Reply #113. Sep 05 17, 12:59 AM |
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Posted on here a few years ago without mentioning THE saddest. Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate, last book, #54 "The Beginning." I read this book in 2002. First and only time. She killed my favorite character and it was done in horrible fashion. I had read the entire series since the beginning. I still get choked up about it. I am a 33-year old who still gets choked up thinking about a story that is 15 years old. Reply #114. Nov 16 17, 12:53 PM |
victriv
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Curtain - Agatha Christie... I wept my heart out. Also, A Summer to Die - Lois Lowry. Heartbreaking but also a very good insight to a young teen coping with tragedy. Reply #115. Nov 20 17, 11:06 AM |
jabb5076
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I'll echo the "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee." It's especially heart-wrenching because it's not fiction. Reply #116. Nov 20 17, 12:27 PM |
bubbles20
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Nothing recent, but remember as a child being given Little Women and Good Wives and crying over the death of Beth. Reply #117. Nov 21 17, 9:18 AM |
mpkitty
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Probably someone has already mentioned both Black Beauty and Lassie Come Home. Both very sad, but with happy endings. Reply #118. Nov 21 17, 10:29 AM |
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I always cry at the end of Lassie Come Home, not out of sadness but from overwhelming emotion for the courage and dauntless faithfulness of the dog. Reply #119. Nov 21 17, 10:39 AM |
lonely-lady
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The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams I was given this book as an adult by a school teacher cousin at the birth of my third child and reading it to the children was the first time for me too. It damn near broke my heart. Reply #120. Nov 28 17, 10:37 AM |
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