Books That End In Tears
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Topic: Books That End In Tears
Posted By: octopus-4
Subject: Books That End In Tears
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 05:48
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The title of the new TRK album has given me the idea of this topic: Mention the books that made you end in tears (or with just a sad end) My first choices are: City (Clifford D. Simak) Windhaven (Lisa Tuttle) ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 06:09
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I don't read much fiction so I would say "Chernobyl: A History of a Nuclear Catastrophe." Truly sad real life event. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 06:23
I mean books in general, not necessarily novels. ...and by the way, NO NUKES!! (From the first country that has banned nuclear energy, about 30 years ago) ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
SteveG wrote:Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 06:25
Both Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce) and the Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger) have made me cry at particular places but not because of the endings. Books that end in tears should include everything by E.M Forster i.e. all the pages should be torn out. Had to study him in secondary school. The worst author ever published. ------------- 
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 06:43
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"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. |
Posted By: Matti
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 07:22
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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. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 07:24
My most intense tearjerker play was The Zoo Story by Edward Albee. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 08:14
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T.H. White's Once and Future King - A dichotomy, perhaps both the funniest and saddest book ever written. Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - If this non-fiction book doesn't make you cry, you have no soul. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King - "He drew a deep breath. 'Well, I'm back,' he said." Gets me every time. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 08:59
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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. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 09:21
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Thinking to his bio, I find the short tale "The Outsider" by H.P. Lovecraft quite moving. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 10:01
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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 ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 10:06
Great minds think alike
 . "I will not say: do not weep; because not all tears are an evil." It's impossible for me to read those lines without tearing up. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 10:20
Great spot ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 13:02
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Have you seen the movie inspired to Flowers for Algernon? ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 16:27
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Never seen it; The only thing inspired by the book that I'm familiar with is A Curious Feeling. Is the movie worth watching? ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 00:48
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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) ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 08:32
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 08:50
What ??? You need to prove this RIGHT NOW !  ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 09:24
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? ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 10:09
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 10:21
I have seen the b&w version. I clearly remember Robertson on a see-saw at the end of the movie. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 10:23
^^ I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 19:01
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Hi, In general, films tear me up a lot more than books do ... not sure why, but I guess that seeing the human element shown, instead of imagined, makes a difference. I can not, quite remember a book that made me cry, although there are many that are very valuable and their content is incredible, and it's hard to not feel anything from it ... Dee Brown's book listed above, is one of those, and an eye opener ... somehow our history did not think of those folks as people, and still doesn't in many ways, in regards to other cultures and such. AND, I read a lot, even in my old days ... I'm always around with yet another book, and just ordered a bunch from Powell's again ... can't stop ... probably pass on with a book over my face! I was thinking that a really good Victorian Novel would be fun and shock a lot of people!
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 19:19
"The Catcher in the Rye" was one of my most disappointing reads; I hated the book. I had absolutely no sympathy for Holden Caulfield; that guy is such a jammerlappen. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 23:17
Why HAL?  ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 23:47
Because JD insisted on throwing touring tests my way  ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: April 30 2021 at 07:57
I challenge you to watch Lorenzo's Oil and not cry.... Not too many books have made me cry, but film, stage and TV do regularly. I sniffle my way through The Sound Of Music at least once a year, and pretty much the first note of Les Miserables (film/stage show/CD) leaves me in tatters! I definitely cried reading Watchers by Dean R. Koontz. And 11.22.63 by SK. But don't think it was at the end of either?....
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 30 2021 at 09:10
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The only book I can ever recall making me cry is Watership Down. 🤔 ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: May 05 2021 at 01:18
whiner, wuss, wimp? To a certain extent yes, but it's a rites of passage novel and Salinger knows his protagonist can't be fully formed from the outset as he's still an immature adolescent. I liked his honesty and innate ability to sniff out petulant shallow narcissists at both ends of the social spectrum.
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 05 2021 at 03:03
I’ve seen it a couple of times and absolutely adore both Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon in one of their best acting efforts caught on screen. It is indeed a heartbreaking movie but alas never made me cry. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |