What's the saddest book you've ever read? - Page 3

Ebany · 10-30-2002, 02:55 PM

No one mentioned this book:

Johnathan Livingstone Seagull

Kinidyen · 10-30-2002, 04:40 PM

Short story so I don't know if it qualifies but "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell had the greatest effect on me.

Kinidyen

MadCow_01 · 10-31-2002, 01:43 AM

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Beagle's _The Last Unicorn_ was suprisingly sad and touching. I don't guess it's 'sad' so much as 'melancholy'. But if you don't feel something stir inside reading that you're just a strange person.

And it isn't completely off topic... there is a cartoon interpretation (adaptation?) of it available which captures the spirit of the book remarkably well. Better even than any of the JRR Tolkien cartoons

holy crap, that cartoon scared the shit outta me as a kid, i still remember that gdamn skeleton screaming "UNICORN! UNICORN!"...damn that skeleton...

Where the Red Fern Grows, and Flowers for Algernon were both sad...but i dont think ive ever actually cried during a book

Gryfalia · 10-31-2002, 09:35 AM

The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis, when the bastard Dorfs
killed all the horses.

Amazing that I can stomach being a dorf in game..;-)

Also the Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin, and even moreso the sequel, the Book of Sorrows.

Gryfalia

Evisceros Headcutter · 10-31-2002, 02:50 PM

Hearts in Atlantis, the book (NOT the movie). . .can't remember the last book before that one that actually brought me to tears.

Samus Aran · 11-13-2002, 09:45 PM

But I just read God Emperor of Dune(again) and it's very sad, in my opinion.. The sacrifice of a one for the good of the many is truely noble. On another matter entirely, everyone go read the entire dune series. It is the win

AngryGerbil · 11-15-2002, 03:28 PM

I just finished a book called simply "World War II" It's a huge book and at first glance you'd think it was just basically a text book full of static information, and it does have it's fair share of that. Even if it was, it'd be sad.....but the author was actually there, and he was an American, and he doesn't hide it at all throughout the book.

But when finishing it, I guess with the authors help, and when the magnitude of that war, and the REAL things that happened during it finally hit me in the closing chapter, I lost it. I'm 23 and my grandfather, who was in the war, died when I was a baby so I've never really had a full grasp or a closeness to the insanity of it all, and it just hit me like a bolt of lightning almost.

I dunno if this counts because it wasn't a fiction book, but it was a book, and I did cry, so fah!

somecleric · 11-15-2002, 03:37 PM

Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson.

off_world · 11-15-2002, 04:44 PM

D-Day by Stephen Ambrose

Stunning! A very remarkable book in the way it protrays very ordinary peeps in a time of conflict. The hopes and dreams of these soldiers is painted through Stephen's movie-like prose with incredible detail. It brought me to tears the sacrifice of these men and women during this time. Highly recommend it!

Iannis · 11-17-2002, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by Schezanna
Well, my mage twink back in 99 was named Atiaran. :P

All the books everyone has listed are really good ones. If you want to add comic books to the list the entire Sandman story was extremely well written and ultimately very sad. Lone Wolf & Cub is also storytelling at its finest, and very sad.

I have one of those(Lone Wolf and Cub.) Was kind of wierd...in a good way. I'm just too cheap to buy the entire collection of them. $10 per volume suxx0rs.

Heh · 11-19-2002, 11:09 PM

Flowers for Algernon has my vote too. As an aside, it's an EXCELLENT book. The story is not only excellent, but it's such an amazing commentary on humans as a whole that it's hard to describe...

Diakonov · 11-20-2002, 01:32 AM

Well....at the back of the Return of the King....the story of arwen and aragorn of when they met and how they both died....some reason it was just really sad.

Aragorn- "Behold! We are not forever bound to the circles of the
world and beyond them is more than memory..farewell"

and this quote i found on the Defiant's Board a While back....

Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some people move our souls to dance,
they awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom.
Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon.
They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts,
and we are never, ever the same.

~author unknown

*sigh* i hate this quote because of how true it is.......

Adios!!

Bedbug-VZ

Eager Val'Sharess · 11-20-2002, 02:29 AM

I've read most of the books people are posting about, but it just makes me believe that the majority haven't read Go Ask Alice. I implore people, go pick it up! It doesn't cost much, isn't too long and if you have a heart will stay with you forever.

Digo · 11-22-2002, 03:34 PM

Catch-22 has to be the funniest, saddest, and truest book I've read in a great while.

The last few chapters when Yossarian is in a panic, running through the streets makes me want to kill myself.

Alluveal · 11-29-2002, 12:09 PM

What was that book: Flowers for Algernon, I think.

10-30-2002, 02:55 PM	#31 (permalink)
Ebany Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1 +0 Internets	saddest book No one mentioned this book: Johnathan Livingstone Seagull __________________ Ebany Speediegonzales Rallos-Zek Virtuoso

10-31-2002, 02:50 PM	#35 (permalink)
Evisceros Headcutter That one dude Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 39 -1 Internets	Hearts in Atlantis, the book (NOT the movie). . .can't remember the last book before that one that actually brought me to tears. __________________ Evisceros Headcutter The Dark Exile Overlord of the 7th Hammer

11-13-2002, 09:45 PM	#36 (permalink)
Samus Aran Sons of the Storm Heal Bitch Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 771 +2 Internets	I hate bumping old threads.. But I just read God Emperor of Dune(again) and it's very sad, in my opinion.. The sacrifice of a one for the good of the many is truely noble. On another matter entirely, everyone go read the entire dune series. It is the win

11-15-2002, 03:28 PM	#37 (permalink)
AngryGerbil zero signal Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 3,555	. I just finished a book called simply "World War II" It's a huge book and at first glance you'd think it was just basically a text book full of static information, and it does have it's fair share of that. Even if it was, it'd be sad.....but the author was actually there, and he was an American, and he doesn't hide it at all throughout the book. But when finishing it, I guess with the authors help, and when the magnitude of that war, and the REAL things that happened during it finally hit me in the closing chapter, I lost it. I'm 23 and my grandfather, who was in the war, died when I was a baby so I've never really had a full grasp or a closeness to the insanity of it all, and it just hit me like a bolt of lightning almost. I dunno if this counts because it wasn't a fiction book, but it was a book, and I did cry, so fah! __________________ Doesn't speak the language. Holds no currency.

11-22-2002, 03:34 PM	#44 (permalink)
Digo Ad Hoc Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: orange county Posts: 1,210 +2 Internets	Catch-22 Catch-22 has to be the funniest, saddest, and truest book I've read in a great while. The last few chapters when Yossarian is in a panic, running through the streets makes me want to kill myself.

10-30-2002, 04:40 PM	#32 (permalink)
Kinidyen Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 33 -1 Internets	Short story so I don't know if it qualifies but "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell had the greatest effect on me. Kinidyen

10-31-2002, 09:35 AM	#34 (permalink)
Gryfalia Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 21 -1 Internets	The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis, when the bastard Dorfs killed all the horses. Amazing that I can stomach being a dorf in game..;-) Also the Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin, and even moreso the sequel, the Book of Sorrows. Gryfalia

11-15-2002, 03:37 PM	#38 (permalink)
somecleric Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 121 -1 Internets	Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson.

11-15-2002, 04:44 PM	#39 (permalink)
off_world Destroyer of Worlds Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Phobos Posts: 204 +1 Internets	D-Day by Stephen Ambrose Stunning! A very remarkable book in the way it protrays very ordinary peeps in a time of conflict. The hopes and dreams of these soldiers is painted through Stephen's movie-like prose with incredible detail. It brought me to tears the sacrifice of these men and women during this time. Highly recommend it!

11-19-2002, 11:09 PM	#41 (permalink)
Heh Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 414 +0 Internets	Flowers for Algernon has my vote too. As an aside, it's an EXCELLENT book. The story is not only excellent, but it's such an amazing commentary on humans as a whole that it's hard to describe...

11-20-2002, 01:32 AM	#42 (permalink)
Diakonov Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mongolia Posts: 299 -2 Internets	Well....at the back of the Return of the King....the story of arwen and aragorn of when they met and how they both died....some reason it was just really sad. Aragorn- "Behold! We are not forever bound to the circles of the world and beyond them is more than memory..farewell" and this quote i found on the Defiant's Board a While back.... Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people move our souls to dance, they awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. ~author unknown sigh i hate this quote because of how true it is....... Adios!! Bedbug-VZ

11-20-2002, 02:29 AM	#43 (permalink)
Eager Val'Sharess Long-winded. Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Old Hickory, TN Posts: 541 -2 Internets	I've read most of the books people are posting about, but it just makes me believe that the majority haven't read Go Ask Alice. I implore people, go pick it up! It doesn't cost much, isn't too long and if you have a heart will stay with you forever.

11-29-2002, 12:09 PM	#45 (permalink)
Alluveal Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 28 -1 Internets	What was that book: Flowers for Algernon, I think. __________________ Officer of VeteranCrew "He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall." Elrond

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