I just finished five feet apart. I’m in the mood for a good ugly cry book. What’s the saddest book you have ever read?
I just finished five feet apart. I’m in the mood for a good ugly cry book. What’s the saddest book you have ever read?
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I always cry at Nicholas spark books…
Is five feet apart what they just made the movie about?
@Christy yea it’s amazing!!!!! Sooo good!!!! The movie is coming out in March!
@Shyla great I will add this to my list. I always like to read the book first. The movie is never as good as the book, Imo.
@Christy yes! Nicolas sparks books are the saddest!
@Christy yeah!!! That’s what I like to do too!!!
@Christy I’ve actually thrown his books across the room when he kills off a main character.
I don’t know if these were the saddest I’ve read, but two I read recently were pretty sad, but really, really good. They are My Life As A Bench by Jaq Hazell and What Remains True by Janis Thomas. I loved them both.
Just read What Remains True…wonderful book.
@Paige I listened to it on audio. Really good.
One day.
Awww yes!
Me before you made me ugly cry
@Louise I just bought the series of that one I’m waiting for it in the mail haha
@Louise agreed!!! I bawled reading me before you!
Both The Book Thief and The Nightingale made me ugly cry hard. Also Me Before You
@Cynthia in starting the nightingale next. Thank you for the warning lol
@Chelsea No problem. Let’s just say that I’m happy I had a cold when I read this one. I blamed my tears on watery eyes from my cold. ?
@Chelsea try Winters Garden also by Kristin Hannah. That book still sits with me years later.
@Gena I will get it reserved! Thank you
You are welcome. ?
Before I go, Colleen Oakley!
All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover made me cry many times. Really touches on marriage and issues that can happen to change people and the decisions they make.
Taking Chances by Molly McAdams made me cry real bad too. That author gutted me.
Dancing on broken glass
@Marni so agree. I sobbed
A monster calls
The Last Lecture
Where the red fern grows
The bridges of madison county (wee short read but sooo sad)
@Sandra I sobbed like a baby ?
@Sandra have only seen the film. Guessing the book is much better but are there any changes to the story?
Susan Smokler the book is just WOW. I preferred it to the film. It makes me cry every time (the book) and the book is slightly different.
@Sandra thanks. I must read it.
@Susan Must now read it again!
Its been over 20 years since I read it, and so it was well before the movie and I had no knowledge of the events in the book. It hit me like a ton of bricks and I burst out in nearly hysterical sobs!
Me before you
Me before you or my sisters keeper
Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah. I still ugly cry a year later just thinking about it. I read it right after finishing The Nightingale and so it was a double whammy. ☹️
@Jamie 2 of the best and saddest.
Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah. I still ugly cry a year later just thinking about it. I read it right after finishing The Nightingale and so it was a double whammy. ☹️
April fools day
the fault in our stars
My sister’s keeper
Time travellers wife
Firefly Lane or the Nightingale both Kristin Hannah
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara and The First Time by Joy Fielding. Both made me ugly cry though The First Time was an easier and faster read than A Little Life.
@Cecilia I’m reading A Little Life now
@Vanessa How are you liking it?
@Cecilia I’m not sure really. Waiting to find out more…
Handle with care by Jodi picoult
The boy in the striped pyjamas
Me before you
Sorry couldn’t choose just 1. X
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Me before you and Ps I love you.
Henry’s Sisters by Cathy Lamb. Cried through the last couple of chapters
And Fine Things by Danielle Steele
I am probably just made of stone. no book has made me cry. ugh. i want to- i need a good cleanse. it can’t be manipulative or cheesy or seen a million miles away
@Sarah same!! Lol.
@Desiree ha we’re like the two old men in the balcony in the Muppets Boo!!!!! boo!!!
When breath becomes air
@Amber I cant find this book anywhere!! It’s not on amazon….
@Shyla
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
@Amber one of my favorites! ❤️
@Amber mine too! I ugly cried
Me Before You, beautifully written that doesnt tip into being over-sentimental
Letters to the Lost
The light between the ocean !
Snowflake in my Hand about a vet nurse in a clinic in America and the cats she loved.
Lovely Bones had me in tears
That was a lovely book.
Good Night, Mr. Tom.
Me before you
All the Bright Things
@Sarah waiting for it in the mail!!! ??
@Shyla I don’t cry and I cried for this one
@Sarah yes! This one!
The Divergent trilogy. The end just rips your heart out. I cried for a week. I’m not the only one either.
The fault in our stars.
@Anne waiting for it in the mail!!!!
@Shyla ….buy extra tissues!
Or….When Ashes Fall.
The House We Grew Up In
Orbiting Jupiter demolished me.
Jojo Moyes – Me before you
Yessss. And then watch the movie for MORE CRYING ?
Ditto.
All the ugly and wonderful things
The boy in the striped pajamas
Our fault in the stars
On Chesil Beach.
Death Be Not Proud.
Forbidden by tabitha suzuma
The boy in stripe pajamas.
-The Lovely Bones ?
-Terms of Endearment ???
-When Breath Becomes Air ?
-The Time Travellers Wife ??
@Jenn I cant find when breath comes air
@Jenn time travellers wife yes!
@Mairi the best!
@Susan I remember having to put it away on the train I cried so much!
The Outside Child
The fault in our stars and my sisters keeper.
A child called it.
A Lesson Before Dying
Will you remember me by Amanda Prowse
Germinal by Zola… the life of the 19th century mining community in northern France… horrific, based on truth and heart breaking…
What Jamie Saw
The Nightingale
For those I Loved
Tess of the D’Urbevilles, or Ethan Frome
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice
Bright Side by Kim Holden
@Stacy OMG, I had forgotten about that one! I ugly cried hard with that one. Her book, So much more, made me ugly cry as well.
@Cynthia a solid 4 hours of crying. Yes- such an unforgettable book ?
@Shyla, is it very sad? My daughter who is 13 (but quite an old 13) is desperate to read it.
@Kaye it’s amazing! I recommend it! I think it would be ok for a 13 year old I mean I am like a 5 year old when it comes to sad books haha I think it will be alright for her!
Haha, thanks! I’ve always encouraged her to read whatever she chooses, and she’s chosen this. My reservation is that my girly has CF – I don’t feel like I can contradict everything I’ve said about her choosing her reads for herself (obviously with some limits!) but equally don’t want her to be upset/anxious if it’s totally soul destroying!
She came home from school tonight talking about it so I’ve not had chance to read it myself, hence searching it on here for reviews!! ?
@Kaye it’s amazing the movie comes out soon! Very good!!! Sad but still amazing
Me before you and after you. Made me cry.
The nightingale gave me so many emotions