I have cried 0 times because of a book and I have cried exactly 1 time because of a movie (when BingBong died in Inside Out LMFAO).
Why would I like to cry, you ask? It’s because I feel left out and sociopathic!!! I’ve read a lot of books where people say it broke their hearts – most recently Song of Achilles (5 stars btw) – and yeah it’s sad, but I don’t cry.
So please rec me a book that shatters my heart so I can cure my Emotion FOMO
by bookzzzz
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Haha, I hate it when books make me cry, but I also love it? Its a blessing and a curse.
Little Women made me SOB. Its a really good read anyway if it doesn’t make you cry.
I read a book a while ago called Luck of the Titanic. Not my favorite (2.5/5 stars 🤷) but it also made me cry.
Sorry I don’t have any sadder ones, but I purposely avoid those because I KNOW I will never recover… I’ve read quite a few others, but it was more about me being overly sensitive than the book purposely being a tear jerker. So, not sure if those are what you’re looking for.
*Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the F.B.I.* by David Grann.
*First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers* by Loung Ung.
Where the Red Fern Grows.
I don’t usually cry when sad stuff happens in books. I cry when people do stuff like show up when they don’t have to or stand up for each other. In World War Z, I cried like a little girl when the French guy made a stand in the sewers, and again when general Raj Sherman’s men had to knock him out to get him on the helicopter. Maybe you’re broken like me and will cry because everyone is Spartacus?
For an old-school tear-jerker, try Where the Red Fern Grows (the film or the movie), Sophie’s Choice (also two options), Anne of Avolnlea (you’ll need to read Anne of Green Gables first), or Little Women (not the movie, none of the movies, lol, but the sequel Little Men also has a heart wrenching death).
For a straight up movie, try the Incredible Journey from the 80s. I weep copiously when Shadow gets stuck in the hole. He came so far and he’s so close to his boy.
Marley and Me, without a doubt.
Especially if you’ve ever had a dog in your life.
_Charlotte’s Web_, by E. B. White