Books/Comics that made you cry - From the silver screen to the written word, sad moments.

[PL 001]

Paladin of the Lost Hour by Harlan Ellison (adapted into a pretty good Twilight Zone episode in the 80s as well) didn't make me cry, but one of the final lines in the story really gave me feels and a bit misty eyed

"Like a wind crying endlessly through the universe, time carries away the names and deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we were, all that remains is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment."

 

[Duz_Machines]

Everytime when i read contemporary witness reports on the Holocaust.

 

[la mort]

Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich. I read the book after watching the HBO series, and the stories, the interviews with people who suffered that disaster are tragic. Those lives were shattered forever.

 

[MerriedxReldnahc]

Finished Rama Revealed last night. Yep, there were tears. I got really emotionally invested in the characters in the story and I kind of knew how it would finish off with but
Nichole choosing to die rather than be kept alive by Raman technology, and how she goes about facing it in the end got me hit pretty hard. I definitely recommend the series!

 

[Hummingbird]

I always get a little misty eyed when I read The Velveteen Rabbit.

 

[TheRatcatcher]

Fire Punch made me tear up for real. There is just no happy or comfortable endings for anyone in that manga.

 

[Kornula]

Barefoot Gen

 

[Tasty Tatty]

My Sweet Orange Tree.

Story's about a very smart Brazilian kid from a favela who gets beaten all the time by his parents and family because he's mischievous. By the fifth chapter, you get used to how they beat the shit out of him for things every other kid does.

Spoiler

He then meets a man who treats him with respect and become his friend for real. Until he dies in an accident.

That book breaks you and kids here are forced to read it at 10 years old.

 

[kaien]