i just finished harry potter and the half blood prince, and i am in the mood for more sad but entertaining books! thanks!
2007-03-08 13:35:19 · 15 answers · asked by chicago cub's bat bunny 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
That's a hard one-depends on your definition of sadness. "Where The Red Fern Grows" is a "traditionally" sad book. "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver is one of the saddest to me-the ending still haunts me.
2007-03-08 14:22:33 · answer #1 · answered by But Inside I'm Screaming 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the 'Half blood prince' a sad book for you? There are sad events but on the whole it's not a sad book. For me a sad book is 'Bridges of Madison county'. Also 'The time traveller's wife' great and surprising book.
2007-03-09 01:08:10 · answer #2 · answered by pegs 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I agree with Persiphone_Hellecat, Frankenstein by Shelley broke my heart. I cried for like a day.
Bridge to Terebithia is heartbreaking as well.
Phantom by Susan Kay broke my heart. I cried for the last 100 pages!
Phantom of the Opera by Leroux broke my heart! I love Erik, and I still cry when I read that book, even though I've read it like 100 times!
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has always made me cry as well. I love both Henry and Edward for different reasons, and so that book gets to me everytime I read it.
Hope this helps!
2007-03-08 21:45:03 · answer #3 · answered by Jess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1984
2007-03-08 22:04:09 · answer #4 · answered by garyff75219 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
I was weeping like a baby by the end. Its very sad, but also very happy, funny, dramatic, romantic. It's long, but furiously entertaining and it just zips by.
2007-03-08 21:41:30 · answer #5 · answered by spiggyofdeath 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I must also suggest Frankenstein. It might be one of the saddest books in the world.
2007-03-08 22:04:13 · answer #6 · answered by God_Lives_Underwater 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frankenstein
2007-03-08 21:38:39 · answer #7 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Child Called "It" and the Lost boy top the lists for me.
The author is Dave Pelzer.
2007-03-08 22:40:52 · answer #8 · answered by and2252 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I read tons of books, and it may sound a little strange, but the only book to make me sob like a little girl was "The Green Mile" by Stephen King.
The movie got to me too.
2007-03-09 01:53:32 · answer #9 · answered by bloody_blond 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OMG "A Child Called It" BY David Pelzer was the saddest book ever. You have got 2 read it if you havent already.
I finished it in 2 days, i was so sucked in i read it a second time.
2007-03-08 21:46:26 · answer #10 · answered by slugbug 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋