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"The Amber Spyglass. I didn't like it as much as the first two, but when Will and Lyra had to leave each other forever... "
Oh my, yes. Bawled my eyes out. Basically, I cry reading many books. The ones I mentioned were the ones that I remember the most, though.
The other night, I watched "Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood," which was not the greatest movie. However, it spurred memories of the book, and by gum, that was all it took to get me bawling. And laughing, too. Funny, I hated the book and almost put it down after the first fifty or so pages. I did not like the character of Sidda at first. Then the whole story just plain knocked me to my knees.
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OH The Power Of One. I'll have to read that. The movie had me bawling, especially during the Southland Concerto because it was so powerful, and then at the end (of the concerto), the guy dies in the boy's arms... made me cry harder.
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I can't do much more than second things, but The Last Battle and The Amber Spyglass definately did...right at the ends
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I actually got pretty misty at the end of Shadow of the Giant, during the last two pages and especially after the last paragraph.
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Oh, I have to agree with whomever mentioned "A Time to Love, A Time to Mourn." I'd completely forgotten about that book, but it made me bawl.
And, of course, Old Yeller.
"The Hundred Dresses" (another children's book) will bring tears to my eyes.
"Flowers for Algernon" -- this might be the biggest tear jerker of all time.
"Same Sweet Girls" made me cry, which actually annoyed me a lot because I felt manipulated into crying. A quote from a friend's livejournal about The Notebook which I think applies: "I believe I meantioned it molesting my eye sockets, and reaching deep into my lacrimea glands with it's vicious clawed hands, yanking the tears right out of me. It was traumatizing. I still twinge every time I blink."
"The Chosen," "The Promise," and "Davita's Harp" all make me tear up.
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quote: Gonna be the first to say that I cried from the point that "someone" dies in the end of the most recent Harry Potter book until the end of the Dumbledore scene. SERIOUSLY.
I cried first when I thought is was someone else dead. Heartbreaking.
Ender's Game: When Ender discover's it isn't a game. Lost Boys: The Christmas scene (obviously). There were other points I cried, but it was years ago and I can't bring myself to read it again to refresh my memory. Dragonsong by Anne McCaffery: In the beginning when Mavi heal's Menolly's hand wrong and she thinks she'll never play again. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis: The stone table. Briar Rose by Jane Yolen: When we learn why only the princess survives the end of the fairy tale. The Here and the Crown by Robin McKinley: When the dragon's head talks to Aerin in the banquet hall. Peace Like a River by Lief Enger: The whole thing.
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I generally don't cry so much as get a little misty eyed (and I'm also familiar with the tight-chest sensation mentioned by UofUlawguy).
That being said, some books that I remember making me misty-eyed were:
The Sword of Shannara (I was like ten the first time I read it) The Black Cauldron (ditto) Shadow of the Giant (the email from Graff to Bean at the end was a killer for me)
One book in particular makes me misty-eyed every time I read, and I'm not sure why. That book is: A Wish for Wings that Work. Every single time.
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I cried at the end of the Fionavar Trilogy and at the end of The Lions of Al-Rassan both are by Guy Gavriel Kay.
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Some of you have already mentioned my tearjerkers.
Rilla of Ingleside bawled like a baby when...well, just read it. Lord of the Rings The whole thing had me teary just because I got so darned attached to the characters. When they were heroic, I cried. When they were sad, I cried. If someone died, I cried. If they helped each other, I cried. Terrible. Earthborn The end transformed me to slop. Wonderful stuff.
I'm also the kind of person that cries at a good All-State commercial, so if there's some good writing and good characters, I'll usually shed a tear or two. Or 500.
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Watership Down, A tree grows in Brooklyn, Children of the mind, The Women of Genensis Trilogy (I couldn't cope with the idea that these women were no longer the protagonists in the next book), and Shadow of the Hegemon. Peter is one of my fav. characters, I hated the fact that he was dead.
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The part where Fflewdur burns his harp to keep the companions alive a little longer when they are freezing.
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The bit in Merlin by Stephen Lawhead when Ganieda dies. More recently, the last scene of Anne of Ingleside when she's been thinking all those silly things about Gilbert (but those are happy tears, really). Lots more, but those are all I can think of at the moment... I used to pride myself on never crying at books, but that all changed when I grew up lol
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I have never cried from a book but their have been two that made huge lumps in my throat and I got pretty choaked up. They were: Bridge to Tarabithia and Where the red fern growsPosts: 832 | Registered: Jan 2005
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I am a bit surprised to not have seen Speaker for the Dead yet, especially since I cry every time I read it!
Thanks again, OSC! I just had to also chime in that SFTD is my all-time favorite book as well, so I might be a bit biased.
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I find that the scences that make me misty aren't the ones where something sad or tragic happens. They're the ones where someone does something incredibly selfless, noble and brave -- where someone makes incredible personal sacrifices for someone else. Like Sidney Carton at the end of A Tale of Two Cities. Or Spock in The Wrath of Khan. Or, yes, Old Yeller. (Although, strangely, I don't remember any of the above actually making me misty at the time.)
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Hmm, I love reading, and I've been in kind of a rut (I guess you could call it that) lately because I can't find books that keep me interested. This thread has given me quite a list to look for
My tear-jerker list: 1. A Walk to Remember 2. The Notebook 3. If You Come Softly 4. The Elephant Man 5. Peace Like a River 6. Gone With the Wind 7. All Quiet on the Western Front
There's probably a million more. I cry a lot when I read. Not always from sadness, though.
I forgot the book that just made me weep recently. A Separate Peace by John Knowles.
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Oh I forgot about Gone With the Wind. When she got back to Tara and her mother was dead? I thought I would die. Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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One book made me cry. It is last night when i was finishing it. This book is Les Travailleurs de la mer by Victor Hugo.
The story let me in a sadness because the principal character is like me. I have a perticular empathy with Gilliatt (the hero). His suffering is my suffering. I still have difficulties to speak about. I can't developp more.
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Pretty much all of my favorite books have made me cry at some point. A partial list:
- The Amber Spyglass (the entire ending... ) - Harry Potter 5 (from the point where a certain character dies, straight through to the end of the book. And for about ten minutes afterwards. ) - Abhorsen (from the Ninth Gate chapter on. The ending of that book is so poignantly beautiful...) - The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (at multiple points in both the First and Second Chronicles - God, those books are an emotional roller-coaster ) - LOTR (at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm and especially at The Choices of Master Samwise) - Children of the Mind (when all the ansibles were shut off, because Jane's my favorite character. Never would've guessed that, would you? )
That's far from everything, but it's the main ones, I think...
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Lots of books make me cry. Seems like all the best ones do, doesn't it?
I second The Giving Tree, Charlotte's Web, Old Yeller, Little Women, and Of Mice and Men, Watership Down.
Heidi is a big one for me. When I would read it to my nieces, I'd cry so hard and that they'd pat me to comfort me.
Requiem for a Wren by Nevil Shute is one that I had to put down and sob for a while before I could pick it up and finish it. It wins the prize for me as the saddest book ever.
Lots of things by Dostoyevsky. Crime and Punishment, the Brothers Karamazov, and especially The Idiot. I just finished recording me reading "White Nights" one of my favorite stories of his, for Sasha my son. I was crying so hard by the end that I could barely get the last few words out, and as soon as I hit the stop-record button I burst into loud sobbing. Dostoyevsky makes me feel like he's telling the deepest secrets of my heart, you know? He does that to everyone, touching on things you didn't even realize you felt. I love him so much! Anyone reading this please try him. I think he's the best writer ever!
If ordinary writers are 120 volts, and Uncle Orson is 460 volts, then Dostoyevsky is 35kV. Honestly, you have to try him. I might even send you a copy of me reading that story, if you ask nicely. Posts: 6246 | Registered: Aug 2004
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The other day I was reading (for the umpteenth time) RotK in a restaurant and when I read the scene where Eowyn offs the Witch King, wow that was so powerful, I sat there in public with tears running down my face. I'm sure those people thought I was silly.
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I just finished reading "The Boy With No Shoes", by William Horwood after I first posted here. Then lo and behold, tears at the scene where Jimmy finally comes across someone who understands and who believes in him. That's the second book I've cried over.
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I don't cry much from books, I don't think I ever have (although sometimes reading the Bible I will) but here's some that are particularly emotional
A Child Called It- saddest book I've ever read Lost Boys- the end where it talks about how the Fletchers not leaving because they were tied by the living and the dead. The Giving Tree- I've never read it- but when I was in the 3rd grade- a student in the grade above me died in a car wreck, and this was her favorite book- and they built a memorial for her in the library with a painting of the Giving Tree and books dedicated in her memory. So that makes me sad
Bridge to Terabithia- that didn't leave me sad at all. I was just like- oh, she's dead. Maybe if I read it now- I was in the 8th grade- right at the age I got excited over the climactic stuff.
Where the Red Fern Grows- this book, while its ending is horrible does not depress me at all. It actually makes me feel better- I don't see it as an ending about death- but rather I see the whole story about how love can come and bring joy to people's life that they would have never known- even if that love has an end. And the end where they find the Red Fern- that doesn't make me sad- it makes me feel like everything was worth it.
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