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ITT: Books that broke your heart.

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>> No.7156462

>>7156410
Are you fucking serious?

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>> No.7156478

>>7156388
Bridge to Terridrownia

>> No.7156487

>>7156462
Maybe this isn't the board for you.

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Bearing him in his arms like a lamb, he re-enters the surgery. 'I thought you would save him for another week,' says Bev Shaw. 'Are you giving him up?'

'Yes. I am giving him up.'

>> No.7156500

>>7156462
go back to reading GRRM normie

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Kokoro

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>>7156462
No, he is not.

>> No.7156519

>>7156498
I just started this a few days ago. I'm on page 12.

>> No.7156521

>>7156516
>>7156500
>>7156487
I find it kind of hard to believe if you've grown up with the story your whole life. I guess I'm conditioned to feel almost nothing when I read it.

>> No.7156527

>>7156521
Well, it's pretty popular (or at least, the plot is popular).

>> No.7156537

>>7156516

>Jong

Fucking dropped

>> No.7156569

>>7156537
Is this a meme? What?

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>>7156388

Ripped my fucking heart out. Twice.

>> No.7156651

>>7156628
Is it better than All the Pretty Horses? I was kinda disappointed with it.

>> No.7156740

>>7156651
The Crossing is one of the best books I've ever read. Why didn't All the Pretty Horses work for you?

>> No.7156834

>>7156514
yup

>> No.7157201

>>7156477
This.

I'll probably get called a pleb by those who haven't read it, but Fool's Errand got me.

>> No.7157566

>>7156628
where do I start with McCarthy tbh
he seems like an author I could like A LOT, but he has so many books

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didn't expect it at all, but somehow it did

>> No.7157590

>>7157572
>tfw iktfb tbh fam

>> No.7157599

>>7157566
The Road is short, easy to read and emotionally impactful, even if lit thinks it's mediocre by their standards. Maybe start there.

>>7157572
McCullers came out of nowhere for me. Just finished Ballad of the Sad Cafe. While it didn't tear my heart out, there were some parts where I sighed with anxiety for what I knew was coming. Might give tHiaLH a go sometime.

>> No.7157603

>>7157566
all the pretty horses

>> No.7157631

>>7157599
If /lit/ thinks the road is mediocre they have very little understanding of the novel, or art, in general.

Of Love and Other Demons and War and Peace tore my heart out.

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>>7157631
Agreed, anon, regarding The Road

>> No.7157838

>>7156516

Where is the butthole?