what's the most depressing novel you've ever read?
cause I wanna read it
>>8161921
American Pastoral
Werther, anything by Emile Zolá.
THE BOOK OF
DISQUIET
BY
FERNANDO
PESSOA
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.
>>8161921
So Long, See You Tomorrow.
I'd say Oblomov, but that is more personal.
>>8161921
An autobiography of my sex life desu senpai
>>8162301
Agreed.
>>8161921
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
>>8162363
And thus you get why it's the ultimate adolescent book
I don't know how Salinger did it, but it's perfect
>>8162414
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.
>>8162149
Indeed. Thats why it caused that suicide wave in Europe.
>>8162440
interesting, suicide wave.
depressing
>>8162301
>'prostate milk'
>>8162468
yes but without consent
>>8162331
maybe if you didn't use 'desu' or 'senpai' it wouldn't be so sad
>>8161921
Infinite Jest
>>8161921
Notes from the Underground, cause it reminded me too much of myself.
>>8162639
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.
>>8162645
Intelligent, Nihilistic and with a Wicked Sense of Humor?
>>8162633
>I'm a newfag and what are filters
>>8163983
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.
>>8162645
Reminded me of a close friend which made me sad
>>8164073
sometimes anger is just disappointment mixed with motivation.
>>8161921
Madame Bovary is a pretty sad book
pretty much everybody gets fucked or dies or both
>>8162633
SO NEW
