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Heart wrenching books
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:55 pm
I finished A Little Life last week and I must have sobbed through a third of the book. Before that, it was The Heart’s Invisible Furies, which I cried through, as well. A Thousand Splendid Suns destroyed me, as did the Kite Runner. What are some heart wrenching books you’ve read?
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Posted on 7/12/21 at 10:24 pm to 4cubbies
Father and Son by Larry Brown. The subtlety of the tragedy was so well done it really did stay with me.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 2:23 pm to 4cubbies
Of Mice and Men. Heartbreaking.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 4:58 pm to 4cubbies
I’ll second Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns
Posted on 7/14/21 at 5:42 pm to 4cubbies
The Road, at least the ending.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 7:12 pm to Cregg
A lot of southern gothic is heartbreaking. Pick anything by Brown, McCarthy, Hannah, Gay, etc. They’re all fantastic.
Posted on 7/18/21 at 7:38 pm to PillPusher
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A lot of southern gothic is heartbreaking. Pick anything by Brown, McCarthy, Hannah, Gay, etc. They’re all fantastic.
Agreed. Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell is also a very sad book.
Posted on 7/19/21 at 8:56 am to 4cubbies
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Kite Runner.
Just got this in from Amazon today. Was going to read it at the beach this weekend but not sure if want to be a drunk sobbing mess at the beach.
Posted on 7/19/21 at 5:11 pm to 4cubbies
Where the Red Fern Grows
Fearless
Cold Mountain
The Last Lecture
Fearless
Cold Mountain
The Last Lecture
Posted on 7/19/21 at 6:36 pm to 4cubbies
The Kite Runner had some pretty fricked up parts to it. But even though it's been about 30 years since I read it, The Prince of Tides takes the cake for most depressing book I've ever read. Maybe it was because of a recent suicide in my family, but that book really hit me hard.
Posted on 7/20/21 at 8:03 pm to 4cubbies
The Dark Tower (Book 7)
Posted on 7/21/21 at 8:55 am to 4cubbies
A Man Called Ove
Posted on 7/21/21 at 1:30 pm to MissTiger91
The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 8:52 pm to AUveritas
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The Dark Tower (Book 7)
The Battle of Algul Siento was a tough read after 20 years or so.
Posted on 7/24/21 at 12:42 am to 4cubbies
A Monster Calls got me pretty good.
Posted on 7/24/21 at 5:58 pm to 4cubbies
My wife just said The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold was one.
Posted on 7/24/21 at 9:26 pm to 4cubbies
Stoner by John Williams is pretty sad, in its own way. It is one of my favorite novels of all time, though.
Posted on 7/25/21 at 8:04 am to Babu Bhatt
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Stoner by John Williams is pretty sad, in its own way. It is one of my favorite novels of all time, though.
Love every book John Williams wrote
Posted on 7/26/21 at 6:41 am to 4cubbies
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