red snow Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 This year the last installment of Daniel Abraham's "Dagger and the coin" got me, particularly at the end. Usually tears of elation - something Abraham is good at providing. There were also a few moments in "the Stand" that got me as well and "the wizard and the glass". King often gets me with his characters being reasonable or sticking up for people in otherwise mundane slice of life scenes. Larry Underwood when pleading to not leave Redman behind and in his final moments got me. Attenborough's "life on air" got me when he recalled his wife's death but I guess I'd be pretty heartless not to get upset at a man I deeply respect recounting an awful point in his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Yeah real life stuff gets me more than fiction. Thus, 9/11 stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyanna Stark Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 On 2016-09-07 at 0:32 AM, Darth Richard II said: Oh yeah, I knew i was forgetting something. The Price of Spring is like being punched in the gut.. Yes, thirded or what not, Price of Spring had me using up all the tissues in the house. The other one that caused an immense amount of tears was of course Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee. If I recall correctly, the final chapters of Lions of Al-Rassan also made me use a significant number of tissues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Most recently? The Obelisk Gate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyanna19 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 The kite runner did it for me. Also Donna Boyds book: 'The Passion' the last part I cried like a baby, you absolutely have to read the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Eyed Crow Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 The only book that did it for me was My Sister's Keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 "Hey Boo." When Scout Finch meets Boo Radley. Tears fall like rain. To Kill A Mockingbird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Noble Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I could not get through A Dog's Purpose. His first "life" and I crying at work (listening to the audio) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaßvogel Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I made the mistake of reading The World According To Garp when I was a new parent. There's a scene involving a car accident and his kids that just wrecked me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banjax451 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I generally don't cry at books (as opposed to movies and TV shows - eg, I cry like a baby when Smash tells his mom he's gotten into college in S3 of "Friday Night Lights"), but...I can think of 3: As a young adult, reading the very last two pages of A Prayer for Owen Meany I cried at how much I'd loved the book and the mournful lament at the end. A few years ago, I cried on the interstate and had to pull over at the epilogue/last scene of Guy Gavriel Kay's The Lions of Al Rassan - the reveal of who won the one-on-one battle and who lost...and the feelings that dredged up. Never mind the sheer beauty of the prose and the poetic last scene. Just got to me. And then last year, I remember crying tears of joy at the climax of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend when autistic 8-year old Max Spoiler who has escaped his kidnapper, returned to his house and is trying to get away from the kidnapper, who has followed him home...yells out for help (a major moment of progress for him) and Max's dad bursts through a window and tackles the kidnapper, saving his son As a father of a young kid...it just floored me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dora Vee Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Night, Imperial Lady, A Taste of Blackberries, Taliesin(I remember crying on the school bus when I read this), Dragondoom, The Thousand Fold Thought, Order of the Phoenix, and most recently and rage teary: The Unholy Consult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I usually don't cry while reading, but Watership Down made me cry twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword of Funny Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I've noticed emotional intensity is significantly multiplied when reading aloud to a young child. Speaking the words aloud to an innocent is so hard. Watership Down reminded me of that. I'll add the end of The Sword in the Stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banjax451 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 5 hours ago, Sword of Funny said: I've noticed emotional intensity is significantly multiplied when reading aloud to a young child. Speaking the words aloud to an innocent is so hard. Watership Down reminded me of that. I'll add the end of The Sword in the Stone. Yeah. I didn't mention it because I wasn't thinking about it, but I wept for 15 minutes after reading The Velveteen Rabbit to my son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeagl Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Deadhouse Gates and A Memory of Light. Akka's arc in The Thousandfold Thought got me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 This thread makes me cry for love lost each time I click on it and see that rotating hammer and sickle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 21 minutes ago, larrytheimp said: This thread makes me cry for love lost each time I click on it and see that rotating hammer and sickle. He's doing OK, I talked to him on goodreads not that long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Earth Abides by George R Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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