tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935126713842603340.post184888912501171933..comments2024-02-10T09:02:36.625+00:00Comments on Bookaholics book club: Discussion: Emotional booksTipsy Mistyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357250634424024592noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935126713842603340.post-65615206427373723022013-01-09T08:12:05.624+00:002013-01-09T08:12:05.624+00:00I don't like reading books that make me cry ei...I don't like reading books that make me cry either. I often read books to escape the real world. My world can be sad enough. I don't want to read about sad/depressing things in a fictional world. Plus there are books with amazing writing that I just don't enjoy. People can be good at their craft and I still won't want to read it. There are times when I've picked up a book because I didn't know that it would make me cry. I don't stop reading the book or anything. I often enjoy it. I just don't seek out books like that. If it happens by accident then oh well. If I know it is going to make me sad, I'll still clear.Alexis @ Reflections of a Bookaholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745513625965620545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935126713842603340.post-52856282177292033042013-01-06T12:55:02.216+00:002013-01-06T12:55:02.216+00:00Yeah, I know what you mean but people that are hea...Yeah, I know what you mean but people that are heavily emotional might just not want to read books like that. Again I think it's just personal choice. =)Book Passion for Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309754672553133249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935126713842603340.post-14604464892956256032013-01-06T01:19:33.138+00:002013-01-06T01:19:33.138+00:00Nicole;
Like everyone else I enjoy reading books ...Nicole; <br />Like everyone else I enjoy reading books that make me feel emotional. To me it means that the author has done their job! They've transported the reader to another world and made them think or feel things that wouldn't necessarily be experienced in their own lives. One of the first books that made me break down as a teenager was Flowers In The Attic by Virginia Andrews. I continued to read other books of her but I eventually stopped as they were too draining in the end. <br /><br />Recently I read The Patchwork Marriage by Jane Green and even though I wasn't in tears many scenes had me cringing or wishing I could walk away. The arguments were horribly realistic between the step daughter and step mother so I felt like I was in the room, witessing the event. <br /><br />The two books that will always stick with me though were by an Australian author called Isla Evans called Broken, the other is the follow up Sticks and Stones. They're not for evertyone as it about domestic abuse but Isla really helped me to have a cleaer understanding of why women don't just walk away. After reading Sticks and Stones I sat on the couch and cried my eyes out. No happy ever after here :(I then emailed the author telling her how much her book had touched me! I still have her reply. <br /><br />So I will buy a book even if it makes me cry because you can learn so much from these books. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935126713842603340.post-91499832674245702013-01-05T20:24:19.407+00:002013-01-05T20:24:19.407+00:00I must say that I don't entirely agree with yo...I must say that I don't entirely agree with you, I personally use books as a mind vacation, something that allows me to evade my daily routine, I don't think that crying over a book is either good or bad, I mean, I do not like books which are meant to make you cry, those that tell stories of people battling some diseases or who find themselves in great dispair, I do not intend to go to bed and cry over someones life when I have been having my personal family drama and need a break from it.<br />On the other hand I have cried tons of times with books that tell different stories, "New Moon" for example, it made me cry so hard that I couldn't keep on reading because my eyes were useless, the last J.K Rowling book was like a slap on my face, I cried, and then I cried some more and even days afterwards I kept on crying. Those books, the ones that for some reason make me feel connected with the character, the ones that tell a love story or a personal drama or the ones that after reading about them on a series you consider their characters friends and for some unexpected twist of the writers brain end up dying, those I read and enjoy and lose myself in them.<br /><br />Some people rate movies according to how much they cried, I personally avoid dramas as much as possible, Million dollar baby was a big BIG mistake, lol! I cry over any dramatic ending, even happy ones, but you won't see me watching a movie that will use the worst scenarios in life ever to make people value what they have. Life is hard as it is and when I pick a book or a movie what I want and need is a bit of peace of mind.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142592379502868988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935126713842603340.post-42597857579757119032013-01-05T18:52:33.289+00:002013-01-05T18:52:33.289+00:00I cried my eyes out during Half blood prince too, ...I cried my eyes out during Half blood prince too, reading Dumbledores funeral, I've always been sad that they cut that bit.<br />Avoiding difficult subjects is different, I wouldn't expect someone to read something they weren't comfortable with but being emotionally involved is a whole other thing :)Tipsy Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357250634424024592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935126713842603340.post-50324275101016767442013-01-05T18:50:17.259+00:002013-01-05T18:50:17.259+00:00Oh some good points :) I think avoiding a specific...Oh some good points :) I think avoiding a specific subject might be different because it makes you uncomfortable, to just avoiding something because it might make you cryTipsy Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357250634424024592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935126713842603340.post-84695503309005739592013-01-05T18:48:18.431+00:002013-01-05T18:48:18.431+00:00Oh, I'm planning to read Reason to breathe thi...Oh, I'm planning to read Reason to breathe this month :)Tipsy Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357250634424024592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935126713842603340.post-23781264685731855822013-01-05T18:36:05.236+00:002013-01-05T18:36:05.236+00:00I would never avoid a book beacuase it might make ...I would never avoid a book beacuase it might make me cry, but I have to admit that I tend to stay away from a certain range of fiction books because the themes that they explore would be too hard for me to read about (like abuse of children for example). I can't emotionally cope with the idea of those things, so I know to stay away from books that delve into those themes, as they would make me very uncomfortable.<br />This is very different from avoiding emotional books in general, and I completely agree with you that getting invested in the story or the characters so much that you laugh and cry whilst reading a book is fantastic and always a welcome surprise. Some books that have made me cry, in no particular order:<br />-The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins, all books at different times had me bawling my eyes out!<br />-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling(the 2 death scenes in particular, won't go into spoilers just in case!).<br />-The Demon Bride (Book 3 in the "Witching Pen Novellas" by Dianna Hardy) because the ending was just beautifully heartbreaking (again, no spoilers).<br />Different reasons, but mainly it was the attachement to the characters and the world, and the vivid description of the emotions that got me to connect on a special level. I love books that make me feel that way, tears and all :)Ninfahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609915951428017683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935126713842603340.post-4720230753524225282013-01-05T18:25:16.548+00:002013-01-05T18:25:16.548+00:00Ooh I kind of think I disagree with it being silly...Ooh I kind of think I disagree with it being silly. I think different people like to experience different emotions from books. Myself, I always avoid books where the main love interest dies - because honestly, what's the point? I avoid or shall I say put off books that are too real. Like Captive in the Dark by C.J Roberts - it's a fantastic book but it took me months to build up the courage to read it because it's such a brutal subject and even when I was reading it, I was thinking, I can't read anymore because of how bad it gets. But then I love adult contemporary books that make my spine tinle and make me experience everything with the characters. So I guess I'm 50/50 - I think it just comes down to personal choice and what that person can handle themselves. Book Passion for Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309754672553133249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935126713842603340.post-68559293550539624672013-01-05T18:24:52.077+00:002013-01-05T18:24:52.077+00:00I totally agree with you. If a book is able to mak...I totally agree with you. If a book is able to make me cry then I think the author has done a fantastic job. To be able to suck a reader into a story so much that they become emotionally invested in the characters is not easy to do. One book that left me a sobbing mess was Reason to Breathe by Rebecca Donovan. I cried for ages after I finished itYvonne @ The Shadow Realmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13757156643796505359noreply@blogger.com