The Most Depressing Book You've Ever Read
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Probably the eyes of the King, but it got boring with its mopiness so the effect was kind of lost.
I'm drawn to this sort of literature, and I can't think of a more terrifying book than 1984. Probably because it's not specific to any traditionally harrowing experiences (war, imprisonment, abuse, or the like). Rather, it's a study in the thorough dehumanization of the entire population at the hands of government gone horribly awry, and it's made all the more effectively horrible when careful observation betrays so many slight but meaningful similarities to forces at work in the world today. That destruction of our species, on such a fundamental level, is what makes it 1984 uniquely distressing.
Also, it's hard for me to become too depressed reading really well-written or cathartic stories. 1984 is semi-unique in that the language is highly (and intentionally) stilted by its own destruction, and the ending is essentially the final death of free will for all mankind. There's no inspirational prose here, and there's no silver lining either.
Also, it's hard for me to become too depressed reading really well-written or cathartic stories. 1984 is semi-unique in that the language is highly (and intentionally) stilted by its own destruction, and the ending is essentially the final death of free will for all mankind. There's no inspirational prose here, and there's no silver lining either.
Brave New World
It's kind of similar to 1984, but focuses more on a breakdown of morality and a reliance on artificial "happiness."
It's kind of similar to 1984, but focuses more on a breakdown of morality and a reliance on artificial "happiness."
and the good guy kills himself
Let's keep you feeling fresh with it.MurderousToaster said:
Imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.
Forever.
Boot. Face. For ever. It will never stop. Face. Boot. Stamp stamp stamp.
What fun eh?
I'd probably agree with you on this one. Quite depressing, but not as depressing as the ending of that book on Political Ideologies I read... bibliographies do that to a guy.
The Lovely Bones. I hated that book 'cause it made me so sad. I finished reading it, went to my Dad and told him I hated it, because it was so good.
...To kill a mockingbird.
EDIT: Tears of a tiger, oh god Tears of a tiger.
It begins a day after a teens kills his best friend in a DDI and it goes all down hill from there.
EDIT: Tears of a tiger, oh god Tears of a tiger.
It begins a day after a teens kills his best friend in a DDI and it goes all down hill from there.
1984 by George Orwell as well. I was just so depressed how you could easily apply it to today's society, at least in England. It felt less of a fictional depression which can be dealt with by just doing something else, it seemed a bit too real for my mind to just shake and leave it be.
Although The Green Mile by Stephen King still remains the only book I cried at.
Although The Green Mile by Stephen King still remains the only book I cried at.
I cried my eyes out when reading the part about the mouse dying of a heart attack.
Ah, easy. That Was Then, This is Now by S. E. Hinton. It didn't exactly make me burst into tears, but the ending just pissed me off. I grew a fond liking of all the characters in the book and then BAM! Crap ending that just made me angry, which in my case is synonymous with sad.
EDIT: Oh, and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut. I know that's not exactly a book, but the ending mad me cry a little, just really sad. You can read it for yourself if you have the time. I really like Vonnegut.
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html
EDIT: Oh, and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut. I know that's not exactly a book, but the ending mad me cry a little, just really sad. You can read it for yourself if you have the time. I really like Vonnegut.
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html
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it's an amazing f***ing book
I just got depressed as I watched one of my favorite superheroes die of lung cancer
it's an amazing f***ing book
I just got depressed as I watched one of my favorite superheroes die of lung cancer