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

>>8161921
American Pastoral

Werther, anything by Emile Zolá.

THE BOOK OF

DISQUIET

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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.

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>>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