Books with sad endings?

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Reply 60

muffingg

Any of the Twilight ones. They're all pretty sad and so are most of the people that read them.

Reply 61

ChaoticButterfly

Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman :cry:

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Reply 62

KingStannis

I thought "The Sun Also Rises" had quite a sad ending, in a kind of reflective way.

1984-- tbh it's a book everybody should read anyway.

Metamorphosis.

Reply 63

Jacklyn93

Allegiant from the Divergent series and Mockingjay from Hunger Games series :frown:

Shadow Kissed and Blood Promise from Vampire Academy(3rd and 4th book) - cried from end of shadow kissed til end of blood promise.

Reply 64

Butterfly9595

The Bridge to Terabithia. I think it was the first story I was truly devastated by the end

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Nmys

I'm going to suggest "The Book of Lost Things" by John Connolly. You may or may not find the ending sad, for example I found it beautiful but my granddad and mother found it depressing. It's a wonderful novel anyway, no loss if you don't find it sad

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Reply 66

PromiseKim

One Day by David Nichols. The ending was so unfair but also really realistic. I was bawling 😭 and then there is A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. I was crying. While reading it. In my English lit lesson...

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Reply 67

happysmile

Of Mice and Men - it's a relatively short and easy to read book, but carries deeper layers of meaning; it's brief but evocative, it's sad but beautiful.

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Reply 68

bethany_roses

'My sister lives on the Mantelpiece' and 'Ketchup Clouds', both by Annabel Pitcher, resulted in me bawling my eyes out at the end. They were incredible novels but resulted in an interesting train journey with four women on their way home from work trying to comfort me because I was sobbing that hysterically.

Reply 69

Fashion Girl

Sad ending? Love Story. It's proper absorbing and such a tearjearker! :frown:

Private Peaceful

Original post by Luffy.

A level books. After reading those for 2 years and when you got Us. Its a sad ending.

lmaoo!!

Reply 72

charlie-hh

Bridge to Terabithia just broke my heart when I first read it (and every time since)

Reply 73

Sir Fox

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

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Kallisto

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Original post by Fashion Girl

Sad ending? Love Story. It's proper absorbing and such a tearjearker! :frown:

The book which was filmed in 1970? the one where a young married woman died of leukaemia? have watched it a week ago coincidentally. Indeed, it was tragically.

Brave New World

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while when done right (as opposed to having been done for the sake of it) i can appreciate them, i wouldn't say i prefer sad endings. :lol:

but some books i've read with them are:

soulmates by holly black.
in bloom by matthew crow.
me, earl and the dying girl by jesse andrews.
we were liars by e. e. lockheart.

and i don't know whether you've read cat clarke's other books, but undone was quite a good book by her with a sad ending (as most of her books tend to :lol:

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happy reading! :five:

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georginarowley

The Book Thief. Honest to God, I don't cry much but I was a effing mess after reading that. I still read it because it's one of the most beautiful books I've ever read but every time I cry like a baby.

Reply 78

georginarowley

Original post by happysmile

Of Mice and Men - it's a relatively short and easy to read book, but carries deeper layers of meaning; it's brief but evocative, it's sad but beautiful.

I had to analyse Of Mice and Men until it screamed for mercy in my GCSE literature exam; I lost all ability to be emotionally affected by it! (I can appreciate Steinbeck and the emotional impact he created with it though :smile: