What is the most depressing story you have read so far?
>>8517301
my diary desu
>>8517301
History books on the history of Western civilization, seeing how far we've fallen
>>8517304
It's okay Greek-bro.
>>8517326
I'm American
never let me go.
the virgin suicides.
journey to the end of night.
the once and future king.
>>8517301
Probably Hunger by Knut Hamsun. Tremendously disturbing to read the protagonist's soul brutally crushed into the dust.
>>8517304
Semi-related, but reading about atrocities in history usually makes me sad
A Pale View of Hills
Nothing to Envy
>>8517301
Heart of Darkness was pretty depressing
Death in Midsummer
>>8517383
this
Blindness by Saramago. I couldn't keep reading it. The sad things is, he's right about humanity.
>>8517301
Rand and Egwene's relationship in WoT is genuinely sad. Especially when you consider how much they loved each other in the beginning to what it ends up being.
I was pretty depressed for a while after finishing the series because I thought about it too much
>>8517301
story of heracles, I even remember crying when I read it for the first time
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, I nearly cried when he was talking about standing in front of his boss after he forgot a line in the document and his last button fell off.
The Dead
>>8517383
Mr self sabotage could have just stopped being a retard. I thought notes from the underground was harder, especially the last chapter.
my diary, desu
>>8517301
grapes of wrath
The Idiot and Don Quixote.