Grab your tissues! These books made me feel sad so they may make you feel sad too.
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One Small Tear 🥲
The Protagonist Deserved Better Than This!
A Steady Stream of Tears
Don't Read This in 1 Sitting
One Small Tear 🥲
I felt a bit sad and I shed an elegant tear or two.
After all, Achilles' story is part of a bigger Greek tragedy.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
It's just a desolate world you live in that you can't help but shed a tear or two.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
This reminded me of my relationship with my mother and my grandmother.
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Protagonist Deserved Better Than This!
Honestly, the injustices these characters endured was not ok.
Honestly who does Shakespeare think he is? Fumbling a baddie like Agnes
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Damn it Edith! Stoner deserved better than you
Stoner by John Williams
A Steady Stream of Tears
If you've read it, you know exactly what part made me curl up in a corner and cry for 20 minutes.
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros
I cried DURING and AFTER I finished reading, just thinking about these characters and their experiences.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
By the end, I was a bit of a sobbing mess.
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Peeta has my heart and soul and if he were real, he would have been SOLE SURVIVOR.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Colllins
Don't Read This in 1 Sitting
This will rip your heart out and you'll cry so much you'll feel empty inside, but you won't mind because the book is doing such a good job of making you cry. Probably the most emotionally devastating book I know. Check trigger warnings before reading...
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
I was not expecting to cry as hard as I did on the plane. I was FULL-ON ugly crying. The tears would not stop!
A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
Whether your mother is alive or has passed away, you are going to cry about your mother anyway.
