Books That End In Tears

SteveG wrote: I don't read much fiction so I would say "Chernobyl: A History of a Nuclear Catastrophe." Truly sad real life event.

"Of Mice and Men" made me cry at the time.

While,

I didn't find "A Farewell to Arms" impressive in the least. But my dad was very much affected by it.

So,

This means we are indeed very diverse in lots of ways, as a species.

Matti wrote: Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie made my cry when I read it some while ago. I saw it on stage about 20 years ago, so the memory of the stage play (which had been a moving experience) only helped me to feel the book deeply too.

My most intense tearjerker play was The Zoo Story by Edward Albee.

Edited by Shadowyzard - April 26 2021 at 07:25

I don’t recall crying during any book but then again movies and music don’t make me cry either.
There have however been some books that filled me with a kind of sadness that was hard to shake afterwards. I remember reading George Orwell’s Shooting An Elephant and thinking about it non-stop for weeks. Hell I still find myself pondering the relationship we have with animals and why it is that we feel for some whilst we gleefully stomp all over others...many a times merely because X critter looks cute.
I agree about Dee Brown’s book. That was one of those strange reads where I simultaneously found myself plowing through it and wanting to throw it out the window.
Another one that feels like a trip down a dark rabbithole is Max Frisch’ Homo Faber. Such an enveloping read that literally pulls you into a “robot-man’s” inner voyage spanning from perfect equillibrium and a mechanical worldview to beautiful madness and hellish taboo. I don’t want to make any spoilers for peeps who haven’t read it...but yeah it’s one of those where you’ll want to tear your teeth out and/or shout at the characters.
There are so many bleak and heartbreaking stories out there. Goethe’s infamous The Sufferings Of Young Werther was supposedly so dark and seducing that it lead to a string of youngins taking their own lives. Talk about ending in tears...then again it is a heartbreaking tale of woe..and teens at the time were probably as charmingly insane as they are today.


Edited by Guldbamsen - April 26 2021 at 09:07

Flowers For Algernon probably has the most emotionally harrowing final stretch of a novel that I've read. It was almost a challenge for me to finish it, even

Mirakaze wrote: Flowers For Algernon probably has the most emotionally harrowing final stretch of a novel that I've read. It was almost a challenge for me to finish it, even

Great spot

Never seen it; The only thing inspired by the book that I'm familiar with is A Curious Feeling. Is the movie worth watching?


Edited by Mirakaze - April 26 2021 at 16:28

octopus-4 wrote: I've seen it once in black and white. I think it won the oscar prize in 1968. Of course a full length movie taken from a short novel has added parts, but it's not too different from the novel. I'd say yes, it's worth. Then you are right, usually movies inspired by books are rubbish. Dune, The Last Legioon and Phantoms are some of the worst movies I've ever seen (I stopped watching the second after less than 10 minutes)

There were two versions of movie based on the book. A 1961 TV version in black and white and a feature released color version in 1968. Both starred Cliff Robertson, who won an Oscar for his lead role in the second color version titled "Charly."

Edited by SteveG - April 27 2021 at 09:49

I think I’ve seen about all I can take of those blasted touring tests thank you
Also I’m actually lying...come to think of it. I vividly remember crying my eyes out when Hooch died. I was literally inconsolable for hours - not even Tom Hanks’ swifty smile and a bunch of mini-Hooches made a lick of difference.
I also shed a tear when I saw the Danish documentary about upright bass beauty Hugo Rasmussen following the last leg of his life, his illness, joy for life and music. Yep that one hit me so hard.

But outside of Turner & Hooch...I genuinely can’t remember crying during a flick, book or whilst listening to music. A little strange as music makes me the most emotional..but in err..other ways?