What's the most depressing novel you've ever read?

what's the most depressing novel you've ever read?

cause I wanna read it

American Pastoral

Werther, anything by Emile Zolá.

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gr8 read

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

It's not depressing per se, but surely sad and I cried more than reading any other book.

So Long, See You Tomorrow.
I'd say Oblomov, but that is more personal.

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An autobiography of my sex life desu senpai

Agreed.

The god of little things - Arundhati Roy

I didn't find Catcher in the Rye very emotional when I first read it but when I thought about it the other day I started crying because I realized how lonely and desperate Holden was.

\/ this guys diary desu

^this Guy's diary desu

And thus you get why it's the ultimate adolescent book

I don't know how Salinger did it, but it's perfect

Every time I think about it I notice something new.

Recently I remembered how Mr. Antolini was respected because he as the one to pick up the kid who fell from a window, and was therefore doing something similar to what Holden wants to do by catching children falling from the cliffs.

I still think there's a lot I missed, especially with the eskimos (why they're mentioned in Phoebe's diary). I love the fact it takes place over two days, proves a novel doesn't have to be about exaggerated characters running around the world slipping over banana peels.

Indeed. Thats why it caused that suicide wave in Europe.

interesting, suicide wave.

depressing

>'prostate milk'

yes but without consent

maybe if you didn't use 'desu' or 'senpai' it wouldn't be so sad

Infinite Jest

Notes from the Underground, cause it reminded me too much of myself.

this was very morose but in a comical way

>dude's mom gets ass stuck in bus bathroom window

A Journey To The End Of The Night was pretty depressing desu lad.

I had to read The Cobra Event during the summer before AP Bio and I got really depressed as a result of reading it (even though that's not the intent of the book).


The reason for this was mainly personal and the novel isn't that great in form. It's a good read if you're willing to overlook the issues.

Intelligent, Nihilistic and with a Wicked Sense of Humor?

>I'm a newfag and what are filters

I don't really see how people found Journey that depressing. Sure, bad stuff happens, but Journey is much more of an angry novel than a melancholic one.

Besides, Celine is way too funny to be depressed by for long.

Reminded me of a close friend which made me sad

sometimes anger is just disappointment mixed with motivation.

Madame Bovary is a pretty sad book

pretty much everybody gets fucked or dies or both

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