Comments on: Books & Tears

By: Elouise82

Elouise82 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:45:00 +0000

I found your blog through the “Blogher” ads at Rocks in My Dryer. I’m like your son–I hate crying over anything, but there are a few books that get me every time:

Anne of Green Gables, when Matthew dies (I also cry every time at that part in the movie). I also cried the first time I ever read Rilla of Ingleside, when one of the main characters gets killed. The end of The Railway Children, when Bobby screams “My Daddy, my Daddy!”–sheesh, I can’t even think about that part without choking up.

And the one I’m most embarrassed about: I cried when reading Star Wars: Vector Prime, ’cause the author killed off Chewbacca! My taste for Star Wars novels dried up drastically after that …

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:23:00 +0000

Oh.My.Gracious. Yes I cry--those Hallmark commercials are not the only things that get me!! One book in particular that had me sobbing was, A Lantern in Her Hand--I think the ending was just hitting so very close to home in comparison to the life stage I was entering at the time.

I also made the huge mistake of reading Where the Red Fern Grows out loud to my two youngest boys, a few years ago. I will never forget the two of them sitting/laying on my bed with me--(I was recuperating from surgery at the time)--while I read the end of that book, tears streaming down my face at first, turning into body wracking sobs. When I read the book as a child I cried for the boy and for his dogs, when I read it to my boys, I sobbed for the boy's mother! My perspective of the characters had changed drastically. I decided right then and there I would not be making my boys read Ole Yeller--and we have come to call those kinds of books, "dead dog stories"!

Also cried reading These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder, when I re-read the series 3 years ago.

Oh, the joys of reading!
*smiles*
Kim

By: gail@more than a song

gail@more than a song — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:51:00 +0000

I think lots of books have made me teary over the years even if I didn't cry….but I read Where the Red Fern Grows as an adult and I did cry then! Love You Forever always makes me teary; we've given baby blessings for couples at church and one of our neighbors read/sings it and it makes me teary!
When my oldest son was in 4th or 5th grade he began to have nightmares, about something happening to his parents like in war. We couldn't figure out what was going on….later on we found out he'd been reading The Rise & Fall of the 3rd Reich at school & the nightmares were about something happening to us!

By: My Life In Stitches

My Life In Stitches — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:10:00 +0000

Most recently, The Dogs of Babel and Marley and Me. As a dog person, these books really got me. Marley and Me had me sobbing beyound control.`

By: Karen {simply a musing blog}

Karen {simply a musing blog} — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:09:00 +0000

Oh gosh yes. To Kill a Mockingbird, Where the Red Fern Grows, A Separate Peace just to name a few from my childhood. I still bawl like a baby when I read them now – and I’m 39 years old!

By: MrsMomma

MrsMomma — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:43:00 +0000

Oh yes! Many – those that you mentioned being a few. When I saw my dd crying over one of her books, I told her “Honey, it’s alright. It shows you that the author really knows what they are doing when they can evoke such a strong emotion from you. It shows that it’s a really good book.”

*whisper* I, too, cry when I read “Love You Forever” *sigh*

By: lusciouschaos

lusciouschaos — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:05:00 +0000

The House of Sand and Fog did me in-got it with the book and then later the movie.

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:05:00 +0000

I couldn’t count the number of books that have made me cry. Sometimes, when a book moves me that much, the feeling of sadness lingers for days with me.

When I read a well-enough written book that I actually begin to feel the characters are real, anything that makes them sad, makes me sad.

I’m a real big sap myself.

By: topaztook

topaztook — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:31:00 +0000

Oh, yes, books have made me cry. One in particular was “Talk Before Sleep” by Elizabeth Berg. I had to explain to my family that nothing was truly wrong in my life, it was just that the book was so sad!

By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:23:00 +0000

I've never read some of the books mentioned but I have seen the movies and they all made me cry. I'm a big sap.

The one book that I can really recall making me sob something awful was The Patriots by Jack Cavanaugh. One brother sacrifices himself to save the other brother. I was crying so hard I remember I had to stop reading. But it is my favorite book in that series.

And I can't read any of the Chicken Soup for your Soul books without getting teary eyed.