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What was the last book you read that made you cry?

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fleshmarketclose · 02/03/2019 18:24

It must be years since I read a book that made me cry but today reading Neil Cross's Luther The Calling, I have cried out loud when the pensioner and his dog were terrorised.
What books have made you cry?

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Burnshersmurfs · 05/03/2019 20:36

A Monster Calls-Patrick Ness

Toooldtobearsed2 · 05/03/2019 20:34

I've just read The Little Stranger, not a sad book in the least and I am usually as hard as nails, but one part deals with an old labrador being destroyed and I crumpled.
The two labradors keeping my feet warm got a bit more love.

Deadringer · 05/03/2019 20:31

I read Les Miserables recently and I cried buckets at the end, even though I knew what was going to happen.

seeingdots · 05/03/2019 20:27

The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer. Not an overly emotional book in itself but I cried my eyes out for the protagonist by the end.

bastedyoungturkey · 05/03/2019 20:19

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah made me sob. I almost had to put it in the fridge like Joey in Friends.

SkirmishOfWit · 05/03/2019 18:57

I’ve recently blinked back tears at Milkman, The Fortnight in September and Old Baggage.

The last one that properly made me cry was This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson.

Duckshead · 05/03/2019 07:23

A Little Life (although may have been relief that I'd finally ploughed my way through it! 🤣)

Lungelady · 05/03/2019 07:18

A Celeste Ng book

JuniorAsparagus · 05/03/2019 07:17

Stand Against Injustice by Michelle Diskin Bates.
Still Emily by Emily Owen.

Whatjusthappenedthere · 05/03/2019 07:14

A lot of books Anita Shreve have made me cry and she was the first author that came to mind when I read the post. I can’t remember which ones had me blubbing out loud tho. I loved Fortune’s Rock . Might have to re read it.

mustdrinkwaternotwine · 05/03/2019 06:54

No idea why "Port" added itself to "Shreve" there

TheVandalsTookTheHandles · 05/03/2019 06:53

All that Remains ny Sue Black. When she talks about her mother and father dying and how she feels so guilty about it. Also the bits on Kosovo .

mustdrinkwaternotwine · 05/03/2019 06:53

The latest Anita Shreveport

Makegoodchoices · 05/03/2019 06:51

The Time Traveller’s Wife made me cry, even on second reading.

Whatjusthappenedthere · 03/03/2019 09:08

The love song of Miss Queenie Hennessay. By Rachel Joyce.