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Hardest I've ever bawled while reading a book was Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Such sadness and it really got to me!

 

Recently I cried near the end of The Historian, which kind of surprised me. Even while I was talking to my friend about it at work after I finished the book I started to get teary-eyed!

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I cried at the start of "The Book Of Lost Things" by John Connolly.

 

Me too, I was reading it at my bf's and I didn't want him to see and take the wee so it didn't last long, a few tears fell tis all.

 

Also shed a tear while reading Boudica - manda scott (book 1) when I read about the sexual abuse a young boy was recieving.

 

I normally try and steer clear of those abuse journal books. I'm too emotional as it is I don't need to be a bubbling mess and If I read too much I would be more of an angry person lol

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Hiya. I'm an emotionally retarded bloke, so I don't often cry. I, too, got a bit teary during The Book Thief, at the end of The Historian (incidentally, one of my favourite books ever) but most of all, the time I sobbed quite unashamedly was when

Lee Scoresby dies in The Subtle Knife and his Daemon, Hester,

gets closer and closer to him. Ooh, I get a bit choked even thinking about it, even now...excuse me...:smile2:

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oh that bit of the subtle knife is sad! I have only actually cried when reading the last Harry Potter book, and even then it was more teared up, and I was close in Half-Blood Prince

when Dumbledore died, even though I expected it

. I don't cry that easily generally though, unless drunk, I make a very emotional drunk!

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Right, well, I'm back now, after doing manly things, like...err...fixed my car...erm...built a wall and...err...hunted for food?:smile2:

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oh that bit of the subtle knife is sad! I have only actually cried when reading the last Harry Potter book, and even then it was more teared up, and I was close in Half-Blood Prince

when Dumbledore died, even though I expected it

. I don't cry that easily generally though, unless drunk, I make a very emotional drunk!

It's quite true, however, that I get very emotionally involved with certain books. I'm pretty sure that others have made me weep a little, but I'm being distracted by The Now Show on listen again.

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Have you seen the movie based on this novel? Stars Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins. It's a very gentle but passionate portrayal of the human, in this case,english caution in revealing true feelings. "He who hesitates, is lost", springs to mind.

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I've been known to cry at sad endings, because they depress me, and happy endings, because happiness makes me go all mushy. I am a hugely sensitive person and - given believeable characters who make me root for them - I will well up for their successes and failures. In particular, there's one book I've read a fantastillion times, which has never failed to make me cry once:

 

"The P

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