BookBee8 Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 what with me being a bloke and Irish I never cry My best friend is male, Irish and cries all the times. Terrible theory! There's quite a few that I've cried at. Including the 3 that I read this year. I don't cry that easily either, I think I'm just picking sad books at the moment! Quote
Nollaig Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 I cried at the start of "The Book Of Lost Things" by John Connolly. Quote
Lucybird Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Only one has actually made me cry. That was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There are a few I've got a bit misty eyed over though, like The Time Traveler's Wife Quote
Colin Jacobs Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Marley and Me. Tears of laughter and sadness Quote
bethany725 Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Lexie, you need to go ahead and add that "Hannah's Gift" book here .. I almost cried just reading your synopsis and review! Quote
Guest ii Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 I'm absolutely hopeless, I cry with everything! I cry easily. Oddly enough not maybe the most obvious reasons, but in a way I'm like a little baby. If someone else is crying, I'll cry too! *cracks up* Quote
chesilbeach Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 I have the same reflex, ii - if I see anyone else crying my eyes automatically well up. Quote
lexiepiper Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Yes, Hannah's Gift is definately a book to make you bawl Quote
Ben Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 It's amazing that I've never cried over any book other than The Book Thief. Either I'm not very emotional or I don't read sad books. Quote
lexiepiper Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 I think it can sometimes be attributed to certain things in your life, for example since my gramps passed away, death stories always make me really sad/cry, whereas before I just didn't really understand what it was like to lose someone you're really close with, but I think if you're already very down about stuff, it can make you cry more so than it would normally, if that makes sense? Quote
Ben Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Of course that makes sense. I'm lucky enough to have not lost anyone close to me so far in my life.. Your right about that though, I imagine that loosing someone and then reading about something that ties in with death, would be enough to set anyone off. Quote
Guest ii Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 I don't want to sound cold and heartless, but actually, you kind of get used to it. Quote
Charm Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Lexie, you need to go ahead and add that "Hannah's Gift" book here .. I almost cried just reading your synopsis and review! Lmao Aw you poor sensitive thing! Yes, Hannah's Gift is definately a book to make you bawl You see I don't get that. Why would you want to read a book that will make you cry? Now one that will scare the bejesus outta ya .. different story alltogether. Quote
lexiepiper Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Well I don't know, I just thought it sounded like something I'd enjoy reading, I am quite a miserable soul at heart, so it's perfect really But no, I like reading non-fiction books like this, I read a lot of abuse story books too, even though I know they will make me sad, but it's not that I enjoy them per se, but that I like how it gives me a bit of persepective on my own experiences, if that makes sense without me sounding like a complete weirdo Quote
Charm Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Well I don't know, I just thought it sounded like something I'd enjoy reading, I am quite a miserable soul at heart, so it's perfect really But no, I like reading non-fiction books like this, I read a lot of abuse story books too, even though I know they will make me sad, but it's not that I enjoy them per se, but that I like how it gives me a bit of persepective on my own experiences, if that makes sense without me sounding like a complete weirdo Absolutely makes sense to me now. Now I know the facination with stories like that, I just hate thinking to myself God this could happen to me. It makes the saying you never know the minute too close to home for my liking. I'll deal with it if it happens. Does that make sense? sorry I've had 2 glasses of wine Quote
lexiepiper Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 Yeah I know what you mean, I guess I kind of feel with the childhood I've had, that a lot of bad stuff has happened already, and so I don't really worry too much about the future now, a case of if something happens then it does Quote
bethany725 Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 Lmao Aw you poor sensitive thing! You see I don't get that. Why would you want to read a book that will make you cry? Now one that will scare the bejesus outta ya .. different story alltogether. Well I don't know, I just thought it sounded like something I'd enjoy reading, I am quite a miserable soul at heart, so it's perfect really But no, I like reading non-fiction books like this, I read a lot of abuse story books too, even though I know they will make me sad, but it's not that I enjoy them per se, but that I like how it gives me a bit of persepective on my own experiences, if that makes sense without me sounding like a complete weirdo I'm considering reading this book, despite the high-risk crying factor.. but only because I think books like this truly do make you appreciate what you have and makes you put things into perspective. When I'm reading about a 3 year old's battle w/cancer, it's hard to grumble about how my water filter didn't work properly that day, ya know? Lends me some perspective. Absolutely makes sense to me now. Now I know the facination with stories like that, I just hate thinking to myself God this could happen to me. It makes the saying you never know the minute too close to home for my liking. I'll deal with it if it happens. Does that make sense? sorry I've had 2 glasses of wine Wine.. I want wine... Quote
Charm Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Wine.. I want wine... I need more practice drinking wine. It makes me sleepy Quote
Nollaig Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 I need more practice drinking wine. It makes me sleepy Makes me sleepy too Quote
Wilde Lily Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 I'm a big cry-baby. Here's the huge list of books that have made me cry: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Stuart Little by E.B. White Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy Ethan Fromme by Edith Wharton Silas Marner by George Eliot Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Heidi by Johanna Spyri The Little Matchgirlby Hans Christian Andersen Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides An American Tragedy by Theodor Dreiser... The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton Sophie's Choice by William Styron Quote
Kylie Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck I haven't read a lot of those, but these two made me cry buckets. I take it you haven't read The Book Thief or I'm sure that would be on the list too! Quote
MDR124 Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 The last book I read, The Remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Quote
Wilde Lily Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 I haven't read a lot of those, but these two made me cry buckets. I take it you haven't read The Book Thief or I'm sure that would be on the list too! Oh boy! I'll have to read that one. Quote
BookBee8 Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 The Book Thief or I'm sure that would be on the list too! At what point does this make people cry? I haven't shed a tear yet and I'm 400 pages in. Just wondering whether I have it coming. Quote
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