Which King book (if any) made you cry? ***SPOILERS***

[Merdoc]

I rarely, if ever, cry whilst reading books (or watching films, for that matter). But I have to say that the one Stephen King book where I cried was Pet Semetary when Gage was killed. I found the book to be one of the most desolate and despairing of King's books. When I read it, I wasn't married and didn't have kids. Now that am married and have 2 small children, I'm not sure that I'd be able to read it again.

Having said that, I think Pet Semetary is one of King's finest achievements. It's a book that has the courage of its convictions and not once does it try to sugar coat its message. It's almost 20 years since I last read it, but I can still remember the last line, and it still give me a chill:

"Darling," it said.



I can definitely understand why you wouldn't be able to read it again after having kids! I remember in an interview that King said it was hard just to write it cause of the subject matter.

For me, the ending of the Green Mile made me cry a bit.

[Sweet One]

Hmmm...I was just a kid myself when I read Cujo, but I was very disturbed when Tad trenton died

[K4driver]

the Stand when Larry underwood died, it also got me tearing up when Stephen King quoted Born to run. "Sprung from cages out on Highway nine, chrome wheeled fuel injected and stepping out over the line
The Dark tower ending made me tear up as well

[Laura666]

Dead Zone

and

Cujo

and Hearts in Atlantis

[xControl]

I read through all of these, and I'm surprised there's only a handful of people who mentioned The Dead Zone. I guess I really just fell in love with Johnny's character. If I wasn't sitting in class when I read the ending, I probably would have bawled.

Also, Mattie's death in Bag of Bones. Unfortunately, I was stupid enough to read the end and knew it was going to happen far before I got there.

[Damaris]

I think it would be easier to list off the ones that didn't make me cry.

[Blaine is pain]

The first (and last for the moment) time I cried reading a book was with the DT.

Eddie's deathwas particularly hard for me. And the worst is that I also cried at the end of the DT-7... but for another reason. I was just so sad to know there will be no number 8...

I never cried again for any other book. I was very near for it for some (Blaze and The Stand especially), but the Dark Tower was the most intense...

[Tooley]

In The Stand - When Stu and Tom are making their way back to Boulder and Stu tries to celebrate Christmas with Tom. I don't know, I found it really touching. When they sang I found myself tearing up.

[Nelsonette]

For me, I've cried when in The Stand Nick Andros died, when Dana killed herself, and earlier on during Larry's entire visit with his mom .

Then in FireStarter when The dad dies pretty much everything after that .

And of course, Cujo. I love animals, and this one just...I refuse, flat out to watch the movie because just reading about the kid and Cujo's death was bad enough, I don't need to watch it happen!

[w111ser]

Like many others, I'm sure, I cried—bawled—reading The Dark Tower when Oy died.

Broke my heart.

I admit, it broke mine too.

[w111ser]

I got really choked up during The Eyes of the Dragon and again concerning Mordred in the Dark Tower. I bawled like a baby at the end of the Dark Tower. I couldn't deal with the fact that it was over. Or was it?

I cried at the end too. I didn't want it end.

[Blaze_04]

It...When George Died[
The Tommyknockers..When Brothers See Each Other
The Long Walk...When Parker Dying
The Dark Tower series i cry many times...Like When Eddie dying
And now im not forget other books but i cry....
You are Legend Mr King...And When im dying you be my first wish at haven...

[Dana Jean]

The Talisman was the first book ever to made me cry.

Insomnia did too. I love Ralph Roberts.

I know there were others. I'll have to think about this.

[Born In Sin]

Things they left behind, made me cry like a baby. It touched me in a way no other story has.

[JRLauer]

I can't say that any Sai King story made me cry, but the most touching moment for me was when Eddie died in DT7.

[Charms7]

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, the ending.

[shangirl]

So like I said I just re-read IT and I cried when they all started to forget each other again. Also I cried reading Cujo. It wasn't just the fact that the little boy died but it was the way in which it was revealed. When the husband just says, "How long has he been dead?" my stomach just dropped!!

[Lauren]

i read pet semetary a few years ago and i will NEVER read it again!! it disturbed me and made me cry far too much!!! Cried at 'bag of bones' and 'the green mile' but have read them again since!!!!

[Wynter_21]

I haven't ever cried, but I've been close to it...

In the Stand where: Nick is carrying the dead woman in the wedding dress in his arms.
When the radio guy Ray flowers died- that whole chapter of what the government was doing was soo awful.
The ending of IT
In IT where Eddie died.

[tillyn]

I admit, it broke mine too.

Several times i cried while reading that series, (pm'd JD, to let him know!) Tom Cullen awhs yes, several others. Good when a book can do that. It lets you know the author has his finger on the pulse of his readers.

[calynn79]

are you kidding me? IT, bag of bones, lisey's story, rose madder, pet semetary, insomnia, gosh so many!

[michal]

Yes Mr. King, I know you can't be accused of animal abuse - it was a made up dog and a made up scene and it never really lived, so it's impossible of accusing your made-up character of kicking it to death, and yet I cried just the same. I guess it doesn't matter if it lived or not - what matter is its fake death made me cry like a 3 year old.

[lisaofthecoos]

I have cried multiple times over mulitiple books. I literally bawled during Dark Tower 7 while reading parts that many of you have already mentioned. I can't think of all of the different occurances, but I just finished reading IT and I think it contained the saddest thing I have ever read. When Henry Bowers feeds Mike's dog poisonous meat and while the dog is dying and Henry is sitting there he says something to the dog and the dog looks up at him and wags his tail. It's making me cry just thinking about that. It is horrible. Poor nonexistant doggie.I just finished reading Dreamcatcher like 5 minutes ago and Duddits made me cry. What a character. Loved the book.

[crimsonkingtph]

On Writing had me bawling........this was just over a month ago, I had just figured out I was addicted to painkillers and was doing my best to quit, On Writing became my bible. After Sai King is hit by the truck and air lifted to another hospital he begins thinking, "I don't want to die, I love my wife, I love my kids, I love to write..." Thats all it took for me to bawl.......The book now sets at the top of my small bookself, it is my holy grail!
Oh and of course Dark Tower 7.....so many sad times...lol..

[beautifulmystery]

Not one book has made me cry. But Stephen King's book Bag of Bones came close. I finished the book last night. Two things in the book made me go to the brink. The first one is when Mattie died. My mother died seven years ago, and my reactions were almost like Kyra's. The second thing was when Stephen let on about the "white nana." Where she had luekima. I had recently found out my twin sister has luekemia, and she just went through chemo. So when Noonan tore off the wig, it made me realize that my sister is probably loosing her hair too.

All and all I would have to say that I loved that book though. There were times that I wanted to put it down, but some inner self made me keep reading it. And I am glad that I did. :laugh:

[TrashCan]

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon made me cry very badly because of how bad it was...

[daniellemartindale]

i cried at rose madder, but i was unconsolable at the green mile, it broke my heart, and does every time i read it / watch it.

[Breger3]

Ok, I'm sure I cried reading many of his other books, because I am a weepy person. But the one that I remember like it was yesterday was The StandWhen Nick dies. I was in my 11th grade spanish class, while the seniors were taking their finals and I sobbed:down:

[patson]

Almost all of Sai Kings books have made me cry.
Desperation
The Dark Tower Vll
Cujo
The Stand
The Green Mile
The Dead Zone
Carrie
Firestarter

Oh, I could go on and on, and I don't usually cry in front of anyone, but, when I was reading DT Vll my son (who got me started on the series) thought something was seriously wrong. I couldn't tell him because he hasn't finished reading it yet.

To me that is the mark of an master writer...he draws you into the characters soooo much they are a part of your life. I bow to your writing skills, Sai King. Thankee, Big, Big!
:y:

[enbs]

"Pet Sematary" I was thinking, "No he's not, no he's not, no he's not," but he did!

[ShootDaSquirrells]

The Green Mile gots i a couples of times. Percy is a bad boy. haha

[michal]

Now that you mention, the very end of Cujo I also cried when it stated that Cujo only tried to be a good dog.

I never thought about it this way before. That poor dog.

Now I'm crying.

[pagantallie]

Cujo, IT, Bag of Bones and Pet Semetary. Mainly because I have got kids and in all three of these novels the kids end up dead. Also, 'suffer the little children' from Nightmares and Dreamscapes made me feel sad.

[Kahllie]

Many! Like the rest of you, I become attached to certain characters and upset by certain situations.
The one that really dealt a major blow was Insomnia. Maybe it was because I had lost my father. The heartbreak and unresolved issues were fresh. Maybe it was..."just because." I was not at the ending yet, but sensed what was coming. I wasn't crying before I reached the end--I was bawling. I almost didn't finish. I decided I simply wouldn't read it, but the characters had faithfully been with me all that time, and I felt that it was my duty to stand by them until the last page. I was heartbroken. I thought that if it had sneaked up on me, maybe it might have been less painful. I tried to tell myself that, but I knew it wasn't true.
I think that the difference in reading Mr. King's books and those of some other authors is that he writes "real people" into his stories. They have hopes, dreams, desires, faults, bad and good habits and attitudes. They are Us and people we know. They aren't "canned" characters. They are fresh and alive. They become companions.
It hurts to be the one left behind.

[pagantallie]

yeah it broke my heart when Tad died in Cujo - in fact, its playing on my mind somewhat! :down:

[pagantallie]

totally agreed, my son is three and when tad died it really affected me for days i couldnt stop thinking about it - I think it was because his mum practically had to sit and watch him die.....

Although, I had wondered why Donna didn't rush to the cop car after the cop was eaten, she would have been able to radio-in the SOS and perhaps save Tad's life (I'm sure Steve had a really good reason for writing his death)

Let it also be known that if such an incident did occur, you can buy yourself another day by drinking your own urine. Gross, but effective.

Blessed Be x

[guitarhero]

No, but when I first read Pet Sematary my daughter was 2 years old and that novel affected me deeply. In fact, it terrified me.

[Presque Vu]

Insomnia and Pet Sematary without a doubt... it's almost like you wish you wouldn't have read it, because it's so sad what happens to these characters...

[Liger1]

This may sound strange, but "Desperation" made me cry. I was moved over the bond formed by Johnnie and David; especially after David's epiphany in discovering who Johnnie really was. Some of the biblical passages expressed by David just really got to me. It's one book that I enjoy going back to in order to relive that same feeling. :biggrin2:

[thom138]

My jaw trembled and my eyes got misty in Dark Tower when Roland shouted everyone's name before opening the door to the Tower. And then he called Jake his son. Waahhhh!!!! Reading that series was one of the best things I've ever done.

I also cried a wee bit at the end of Joe Hill's short "Pop Art."

[ginapenn]

The only one I can't take is in Apt Pupil. The torture of the animals is too much for me.

[Ralph]

The scene in the traffic jam with Mama and the things falling from the sky just totally blew my mind and had me walking around crying for hours.

[vic01]

Talisman - Wolf. I cried and cried and cried. broke my heart.

[FreeRun]

I have to say in the Dark Tower, when Oy died. Quite frankly, I think that he had the most "human" qualities and was one of the most well written of any of his characters. I finished reading the book a month ago, I knew from reading on the web, that he died, so after zipping through all the books, I started reading sloooooowweeer and slllllooooooooowwwwwwerrrrr when I got to the part where I knew it would happen. I'm embarassed to say, it stayed with me for a long time. Of course it could also have to do with the fact that he reminded me of my daschund.

[JellybeanJay]

Talisman - Wolf. I cried and cried and cried. broke my heart.

I agree, broke my heart as well. Big crocodile tears were present that day!

[am78]

The Green Mile. I cried at various places throughout the book, but the saddest was the Mr. Jingles death scene. The scene is at the end of the book. Paul has taken a friend from the home to the shed. He whistles for the mouse. The mouse slowly tries to climb over the top of the cigar box. Mr.Jingles is over 60 years old now, and his back legs are crippled. Paul throws a thread spool and Mr. Jingles rolls it back. That was so sad to me. Another sad scene is where Paul finds the old mouse laying on the steps leading up the home, and picks him up. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about those scenes.

[Connie Reader]

IT, Hearts in Atlantis, Pet Semetary, The Talisman, Insomnia, W&G, DT7...I'm just a big crybaby, but it's cathartic.

[Connie Reader]

The Green Mile. I cried at various places throughout the book, but the saddest was the Mr. Jingles death scene. The scene is at the end of the book. Paul has taken a friend from the home to the shed. He whistles for the mouse. The mouse slowly tries to climb over the top of the cigar box. Mr.Jingles is over 60 years old now, and his back legs are crippled. Paul throws a thread spool and Mr. Jingles rolls it back. That was so sad to me. Another sad scene is where Paul finds the old mouse laying on the steps leading up the home, and picks him up. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about those scenes.

I had forgotten about this, I cried like three times in this book!!!

[king family fan]

Green Mile John Coffey.I just love what his character is.

[Evil Queen]

I cried during Cujo, when it became apparent Tad died. I had read this book a long time ago, before I ever had kids, but it didn't really bother me that much. But now that I do have children, reading things like this make me so emotional, it tears my heart. I don't believe I've ever read Pet Semetery. The movie made me cry, wonder what the book would do to me?

[Tinahorve]

I cry with a lot of them now. When I was younger, I just thought they were cool and great stories. The end of IT (which I just reread) made me cry. So did the end of The Stand.

[flwrchld]

I read Insomnia a long time ago and while I really enjoyed the book as a stand alone at the time but it never really moved me emotionally at the end (sure there were sad parts, but nothing that grabbed at my heartstrings). Since finishing The Dark Tower books, when I got to the part about Patrick Danville and the description of his drawing I had tears welled up in my eyes. I just never realized how ONE book series can stick with me and those characters' names can stir such emotion when they are mentioned in SK's other works. Wow, that one person, that one name and what he does... just... wow!:oo:

[Nora]

Needful things. I lived half of my life with a dog, and other half with a dog too. I believe that what Hugh Priest did is unforgivable.

Poor Nettie. Poor Raider. *cries*:sad:

[deroche]

"Blaze" - no doubt! OMG! I was immediately reaching for the tissues after I finished reading that book! :wow:

[Suzana]

The Dark Tower VII. People who read know why :grinning:
Also Insomnia, in some parts.

[fljoe0]

This may sound really weird but I was really sad for Cujo. Ive got a big friendly dog (lab) that gets into all kinds of things and chases critters and I always worry about him getting bit or clawed by something. The way that SK wrote the story telling Cujo's point of view, it seemed like it could of been from my dog's point of view. To hell with all the victims and mayhem he caused, I felt sorry for Cujo. I'm not totally wacked, I felt sorry for some of the victims too.

[xkittyx]

Now that you mention, the very end of Cujo I also cried when it stated that Cujo only tried to be a good dog.

Poor Cuje, I cried too! It wasn't his fault. I didn't cry over Tad or any of the people, even though I was really sad about Tad, but I cried hard for Cujo.
Of course, the deaths in the DT series Susan, Eddie, Jake, especially Oy, and I even felt bad for Mordred (though I didn't cry), especially the parts from his baby point of view, like the one part where he fell off the chair and hurt his head, I was like, aww poor li'l guy lol.
Blaze most definitely made me cry, for poor Blaze and all the awful things that happened to him, and the part where the baby is sad because Blaze isn't there.
"The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates" where the husband dies, and calls home and she gets to talk to him again. I bawled, because if I just know that when a time like that comes for me, I'm not going to handle it well at all, I freak out just thinking about him dying
There might be more, but those are just the ones I can think of that happened recently.
I got really upset in The Stand when Nick and Larry and Glen died but I don't think I cried. Same with Insomnia, It, and Duma Key, it was sad, but I didn't cry. It's been a long, long, long time since I've read Pet Semetary or Bag of Bones or Lisey's Story

[howibrokemyhead]

I think I have cried in quite a few of Kings books :(. I pretty much bawled in The Dark Tower. Also, It... Lisey's Story... The Stand. Rose Madder. Bag of Bones. The Green Mile. Ahhh. But... I cry a lot hahah.

[Garriga]

The Green Mile

[oylovesjake]

Dark Tower 7, Hearts In Atlantis (on the re-read, after I read the DK series, and understood finally what the red rose petals meant)

[SixPins]

I'm not sure if I've ever cried before, but I have this guttural relationship with IT. The nostalgia of reading that book in a summer of youth before I had sex or came out or partied in college or smoked bud or lied. I was just this kid with these other kids stomping through adolescence. I look back now and sometimes the memory of reading that book for the first time makes the brim of my nose hurt, you know that little pain that comes right before you cry, because it is so unfortunate that I can never experience IT for the first time ever again.

[skyrow]

"It" and "Pet Sematary" D'=

[Homer403]

Gotta be Wizard and Glass,but I also experienced fist pumping excitement!!

[Han]

teared up in Wolves of he Calla when Cuthburt and Roland have their talk with their backs against the wall. that was an epic scene. I love to read that story

[LarryUnderwood]

Blaze made me tear up, such a sad ending.

[Spooky Chick]

I'm rereading the DT series and am half way through book 7. I've cried 3 times so far (4 if you count the time I reread the paragraph where Eddie dies and cried again...) and dont know if I can take the heartbreak of losing Callahan, Eddie, and Jake all over again :sad:

[friend of Oye]

I teared up when DT ended, I never wanted to leave Mid-World.

[Elemeno P]

I listened to the whole DT series on Audio and I can't tell you how many times I had to "fake yawn" when I was stuck in traffic.

[muskrat]

Pet Semetary made me cry when I was 12 or so. I'd like to think I'm made of sterner stuff now, but when Alice died in CELL, I misted up. Yeesh, I'm a derp.

[TheHMC]

I haven't read most of the comments because I keep wanting to click on spoilers and have a hard time resisting that temptation, so I'm just going to answer.

I was young when I read Cujo and when the son dies I had a real hard time with it. I haven't re-read it as an adult yet, but am planning on it soon. I know it will be rough because I'm a parent now and wasn't when I read it the first time. Pet Sematary, too with all of the Gage stuff. Sad, sad, sad.

So many parts of The Stand. I was proud of Glen near his end and then sad once he was gone. There was also one short part in there where it talks about a 5 year old boy that is left alone after his family dies and then he fell down a well(I think it was a well) and broke both legs and then died awhile later. That one part just REALLY got to me and a few tears did fall. Thinking of what that poor boy went through, so young and so alone. I know he wasn't real, but dang...haha that whole passage just got to me. I was reading it thinking "No. Oh God. Nooo. Oh my God." I remember thinking right after that "Why, Stephen? Why did you have to do that to that poor little boy?" ahahahahah! Again, he wasn't real, but that's how the King Man does it, right? Sucks you in so much you feel like you're reading a true story.

Although I didn't love Cell, I was very sad when Alice died :(. I didn't much see the point of her for the first part of the book and then I grew to like her more. I had that familiar sense of dread reading up to her death and when she was hit with the rock my heart sunk so far down in my gut I thought I would puke. That was one part of that book that I...well, I didn't enjoy it..but I did...but..well..I think that's about all the explanation I can give for it. Poor, poor Alice.

[LarryUnderwood]

I haven't read most of the comments because I keep wanting to click on spoilers and have a hard time resisting that temptation, so I'm just going to answer.

I was young when I read Cujo and when the son dies I had a real hard time with it. I haven't re-read it as an adult yet, but am planning on it soon. I know it will be rough because I'm a parent now and wasn't when I read it the first time. Pet Sematary, too with all of the Gage stuff. Sad, sad, sad.

So many parts of The Stand. I was proud of Glen near his end and then sad once he was gone. There was also one short part in there where it talks about a 5 year old boy that is left alone after his family dies and then he fell down a well(I think it was a well) and broke both legs and then died awhile later. That one part just REALLY got to me and a few tears did fall. Thinking of what that poor boy went through, so young and so alone. I know he wasn't real, but dang...haha that whole passage just got to me. I was reading it thinking "No. Oh God. Nooo. Oh my God." I remember thinking right after that "Why, Stephen? Why did you have to do that to that poor little boy?" ahahahahah! Again, he wasn't real, but that's how the King Man does it, right? Sucks you in so much you feel like you're reading a true story.

Although I didn't love Cell, I was very sad when Alice died :(. I didn't much see the point of her for the first part of the book and then I grew to like her more. I had that familiar sense of dread reading up to her death and when she was hit with the rock my heart sunk so far down in my gut I thought I would puke. That was one part of that book that I...well, I didn't enjoy it..but I did...but..well..I think that's about all the explanation I can give for it. Poor, poor Alice.

In my opinion the most disturbing passage in "The Stand" was where Lloyd was talking about his experience with his rabbit. It didn't make me tear up, but disturbed me greatly. I personally enjoyed Cell! But I can understand why people don't. It was my first Stephen King book I ever read so I'm partial to it.

[jellydonut25]

I'm not one to cry, but I cried on three separate occasions when I read The Dark Tower 7. I think we all know what those occasions are...

[TheWhitelighter]

Let me see, I cried in... The Dark Tower, a lot. Desperation, The Regulators and Salem's Lot. As for movies, I cried in: The Mist and Red Rose.

[Alexandra19]

Quite a lot when I think about it !
The Stand (when Stu falls in the ravine and can not make it in Vegas with the others - it's actually a good thing for him, but the goodbyes are pretty sad, especially between Stu and Glen)
The Dark Tower (I cry nonstop each time I re-read DT VII)
And It (when the leeches kill Patrick Hockstetter)


Yes I am kidding about N°3 :D

[Jesgriebel]

I didn't cry, but I actually felt a lot of strong emotion when reading Lisey's Story.
It was a touching tale.

[ghost19]

Didn't cry but the end of The Dark Tower series did make me take a seat on my patio outside at about 2 in the morning. An hour or so later I was still sitting there looking up at the stars thinking about, well, everything. All the years I had spent reading Mr. King's books, through good times and bad. Such a good ending to a wonderful series. Probably the closest to crying I've been in years, but I'm your quintissential male, very rarely, if ever, capable of turning on the water works. Also, reading the actual story Hearts in Atlantis in the book of the same name kicks me in the ass every time. It's like I'm stepping back into college all over again. The way the story is written? Change the names and the setting, otherwise, I'm Pete Riley. It seems like all the guys I was friends with in college are represented in that story to some degree. One of the best stories I've ever read and every time it gets to me. More so as I get older, I think.

[furrawn]

I cried at at least one part in Insomnia, Lisey's Story, The Stand, and Bag of Bones...
But Duma Key- I cried buckets...

[bryras]

The Talisman. Different Seasons - The Body. I lost some friends when I was pretty young.

[larchi]

I seem to be a minority here? Desperation? I mean i just sobbed and sobbed and sobbed. I was unconsolable. Really beautiful book though...

[King fan from trinidad]

I never like cry out loud with tears flying all over the place but i just got misty towards the end of pet sematary (the first NOVEL I read from stephen king) when i reflected on how the man must have felt.

[MelissaConstantReader]

I cried while reading DT. It was when Oy died and when I finished the last one.

[tower-obsession]

Dark Tower and Lisey's Story... and I still cry at certain places when I re-read the Dark Tower books, and I still cry for Lisey when I read her story (and for Amanda, poor lady).

[ConstantReader1973]

Several King books have made me cry, but the FIRST one to do that was Lisey's Story. Also, Duma Key, DT, and now 11/22/63. Maybe I'm just a very emotional person, lol. :blush:

[parfinder]

"I have never been what you'd call a crying man" I cried at the end of the 11/22/63 A Novel

[beckyinabiscuit]

I cried at the end of IT, it really touched me. :(

[BorderCollieMum]

I can get very emotionally attached to the characters when reading a book , and certain situations can make me feel incredibly sad , but I can't recall a time that i've actually cried ... that's not to say I haven't though

[IBuriedPaul90]

I think the only books that have made me cry were It during the end when their memories of each other begin to fade. It was such a bittersweet ending, but it'll remain my all-time favorite book of his.

I also cried while reading Pet Semetary, when King goes into detail about the Creed family mourning after Gage's death. It brought back memories of my own grandmother's funeral.

[samhain]

The only SK book that made me tear-up is 11/22/63.
Of course, I had knots in my stomach after Pet Semetary and Cujo... :down: