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

[adrianmarley]

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.

[kingofkilling1]

IT,on the last page made me cry.i think it said bill denbrough on those early mornings takes a look back at his childhood. and the friends with whom he shared it. somethin like that,it just touched me. and gage getting killed didn't make me cry.maybe cuz im a kid and a guy.and i've grown up with horror movies.hmmmm...

[Kim L.]

Bag of Bones, Lisey's Story, Blaze, Duma Key when Ilse died

[Benjamin The Pelican]

Hahaha, none.

[Sundrop]

I don't think tht I've ever read any story that made me cry. I'm just not one to cry easily.

[Todash]

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

Broke my heart.

[psj77]

The Talisman - When Wolf died
Insomnia - When Rhalph died
Hearts In Atlantis - When Carol Lived
Wizard & Glass - When Susan Died
Black House - When Henry Died
The Dark Tower - When Eddie & Jake (for the second time) died
Cell - When Alice died
Blaze - When we found out about Rufus Wyatt
Duma Key - Too many times to name them all

[spudd41]

Good Lord, there's been a few, in fact. Right off the bat, the ending to "Cujo" where the son dies in the car.....After that there's just no way to put the story back on track. It just leaves you with the most empty feeling. I also cried (mostly in relief) at the end of "The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon". I got 3 kids and I get totally choked up when I think of ever being separated from them and the gut wrenching relief of the reunion at the end.
The death of Scott's older brother in "Lisey's Story" was pretty emotional too. Most of all, I think I've been brought to tears of laughter by good ole Unka Steve. I can remember laughing til I cried when I read the part about the footprint in dogshit in "Carrie".....about God being able to get sheep's asses clean in "Tommyknockers"......the **** weasels in "Dreamcatchers".....The list goes on and on. Those are the most treasured moments I have of reading that man's work.

[md10pc]

I agree totally with your comments about Pet Semetary. Also, the scene where Lou digs up Gage's coffin and is holding him in his arms always brings me to tears.

Carrie, The Green Mile, Insomnia, Cell, Bag of Bones, and Tommyknockers have also brought tears to my eyes.

[mstay]

The Green Mile is the only SK book that has made me cry. It'sne of my favorites.

[Brian's Twinner]

PS brings tears to my eyes, too. So does The Talisman, when Jack's mom lies helplessly in bed, cancer eating her up. :(

[skimom]

I can't even count how many times he's made me cry, but the one I can't read now that I've got kids is Cujo-it had me in washes of tears at the end when I was a teen; I can't imagine what it would do to me now that I've got kids of my own. Basically any time a kid is hurt (emotionally or physically, and that's pretty often in his books), I cry. Oh, and book 7 of DT was particularly bad for tears, also.

[insomnia_92]

I almost cried when Ralph died at the end of Insomnia.
And I cried when it ended just because it was over. Haha.

[GarratyVStebbins]

I've never cried. But I did feel so sad for Gage. Also I despised Percy from The Green Mile. He was so mean to J.C. I REALLY despised him, he got me so frustrated that I was literally talking to myself saying how could anyone be so cruel. Powerful stuff.

[themadone06]

I think I cried during part of The Stand, but I can't remember which part. It was towards the end. I think it was in the Hospital when Lucy talks with Frannie about Larrie not coming back. Larry and Glenn Bateman were my favorite characters. I was incredibly proud of what Glenn said to Flagg and Lloyd just before he died. I do believe it was towards the end of the book that teared me up, but I can't quite remember. Heck it could have just been because the book was over and I didn't want it to be.

[LoganRaider]

I didn't cry because I was like 18, but when Mattie dies in Bag of Bones I put the book down and didn't read it for three days because of anger. Of course I came back and finished it, and it is one of my top 3 King books.

[Billy Bumbler]

The Green Mile when John Coffey went to old sparky, and when Oy died in DT7 (i still feel very resentful towards SK for that one). Both of these made me bawl and very emotional for hours after :blush:

[Neil W]

He's done it to me twice and, as a deeply cynical and perversely unsentimental old git, I have to say I strongly resent his ability to do it.

Number one was Jake's death in Dark Tower, not only vastly upsetting, but outrageous in that he deliberately killed a character I cared about in order to save his own life, the crumb! :biggrin2:.

Number two was foreshadowing Ilse's death in Duma Key.

[billyboyoc]

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?

[REDRUM617]

I didn't cry during that book, but I definitely agree that it's one of those books that I remember very well. Even though it was my first Stephen King book and I read it awhile ago, I still remember it very well...especially the last line.

[smooth operator]

The Stand, The Green Mile, and Pet Sematary all brought tears to my eyes. I'm sure there were many others - I am very emotional.

[deltadog32]

In the Company of Heroes. By Michael Durant.
I don't think I've ever cried while reading a book by Sai King.

[Cody44]

I didnt cry, but I had to stop reading the for a while and get back to wanting to read and finish the Stand after Harold shot himself, when he realized what he was really doing. Harold's character was so realistic to me, and probably one of my favorite book characters to date

I was also very mad when the hand of god exploded the nuclear missile and killed Larry. "baby can you dig your man?" He was by far my favorite.

[Kim L.]

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

Broke my heart.

AWTS.

[waterlilyjaguar]

Bag of Bones and Lisey's Story, for the way they dealt with loss of a loved one
and the void that is left. Really struck home for me.

[JHDuke]

The end of The Mist was rough...

[[Danielle]]

Ive cried in Bag of Bones, Cujo, The Stand, Insomnia, Duma Key, The Green Mile, and by far the most, Lisey's Story. In my opinion, that his best and certaintly the most emotional book he has ever wrote. Several times during the course of reading it, I found myself teary-eyed, and even in a few spots, flat out bawling. Its all worth it though.

[marew1]

:sad: Pet Semetary- the book and movie made me cry. Lisey's Story also brought tears to my eyes.

[Brian's Twinner]

I've also come close to crying with the deaths in DT7. :( These personages are so real and lifelike that you feel as if they're your friends or family members.

[Lady Angel]

The Dark Tower
The Stand
Carrie
Desperation
Dreamcatcher
The Green Mile
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Insomnia
The Dead Zone

[BC Barlow]

Blaze
His caring for the baby was so realistic, I forgot I was reading a book. And then when all emotions were at their peak "George?"...BOOM!!, he's dead.

[Todash]

Well, shoot. You've all reminded me that it wasn't just when Oy died. He's done it to me several times.

I was really upset about Oy, though. I was almost angry. How could you, Uncle Steve? How could you?

[Neil W]

Personally, I never really related to Oy, after all, he was just a billybumbler, not a person.

A do hope that SK is dipping in to this thread, though - this is presumably the sort of thing he's trying to do to us!

[Jamesusillxd]

The only film ever to make me cry since lion king (when i was like 4 ^^)
Is Frank Darabounts adaption of Green Mile.
I was like 11 and it felt so unjust and as i hadent read the book i was so upset, And as a still slightly naive kid i still dident know how upsetting fiction could be and still expected for something to happen for him to be saved, But no... And you see it happen =[

[Robbi]

Cujo made me cry uncontrollably at the end, my child being that exact age at the time. Rose Madder made me cry at different places, I was physically abused in a relationship some years ago.
The way that SK writes, I seem to experience a broad spectrum of emotions. That is why I read him.

[poisonbat]

IT made me cry when they left Eddie in the sewer after his death

Insomnia when Ralph gave his life to save Natalie

DT of course when Oy and Jake died

The Green Mile when Mr Jingles gets crushed, and John Coffey dies

Duma Key when Wireman and Ilse die, especially Ilse, terrible death

The Talisman when Wolf gives his life to protect "the heard"

These are books that truly touched me on an emotional level. They are some of my favorites. I felt that I knew these people, and creatures. :bat:

[Haunted]

Blaze
His caring for the baby was so realistic, I forgot I was reading a book. And then when all emotions were at their peak "George?"...BOOM!!, he's dead.

Have not finished a little bit more to go. But yes, I was close to tears quite a few times while reading this one. But that's part of Mr. King's draw with me anyway; his amazing ability to draw with words a complete picture of a character to the point the reader feels he is a real person to them. The abuse people inflict on others is beyond sanity's grasp.

[Tombraider1961]

:ghostface: The Dark Tower series: Song of Susannah when Susan was burnt at the stake and Dark Tower when Jake and Eddie died

[Billy Bumbler]

[QUOTE=Neil W;182679]Personally, I never really related to Oy, after all, he was just a billybumbler, not a person.


Hey Neil...be careful what you say about us bumbler's :eyebrow: :biggrin2:

[Black Flagg]

Not just events here, but specifics...

INSOMNIA (as a Dad, these KILLED me)
1) When Ralph gave himself up to save Natalie's life.
2) Upon entering the lair of Atropos and finding all the artifacts of the lives he's cut short, there is a child's toy (if I remember correctly). Ralph psychically learns that the dead child's last thought was of ice cream. That little detail made me freakin BAWL.

DT6: SONG OF SUSANNAH
1) Oy shedding almost human tears before Jake & Callahan exit through the cave door.

DT7: THE DARK TOWER
1) Eddie referring to Roland as "Father" just before he dies.
2) Roland sobbing & Oy howling after Jake's death.
3) Oy licks Rolands face a single time before dying.
4) Susannah's reunion with Eddie & Jake and realizing that she gets to fall in love with Eddie and kiss him again "for the first time".

Oddly enough, I DIDN'T cry while reading WIZARD & GLASS when Susan died, because knowing Roland and where he currently was in his life, I knew that the tale of Mejis wouldn't end well. In fact, I guess I was a little relieved that Roland didn't actually kill her with his own hand somehow, a sentiment that was also expressed by Susannah.

[sheba41]

Carrie....I felt so sorry for her in the beginning of the book....:sad:

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

Thinking about it, most of them.

Long days and pleasant nights

[M.O.DENGLER]

I'm far too butch for any of that carry on.

[elevelyn]

I am usually not a baby but Kings books are my only exception....Ok lets see if i can remember them all:

Dreamcatcher when duddits died.... i love you henry couldn't stop crying, it was the first King book i ever read

The Green Mile When the French guy went to old sparky cant remember his name

The Stand When Stan breaks his leg and thinks he's gonna die i cried so badly i woke up my boyfriend at the time and he wouldn't believe me that i was crying over the book!

Nearly cried reading the Dark Towers When Susan, Jake, Oy, Eddie die and the ending of course and in the Talisman When Wolf Dies

Cujo Cried when Tad died

Insomnia, Bag of Bones - cant remember what part though

Im sure there are more but i cant think of them now

[LOTUS]

I remember really crying and feeling heartbroken when I read the Talisman. - When Wolf was trapped and dying.I don't think I have felt so much sympathy for another character.I loved Wolf.His soul was so pure.

I think I also cried when I read the Green Mile.The movie also made me almost drown in tears.

[Koschei]

Lots of them, actually. I cried at the end of Cujo, most memorably :eyebrow: Not in the story, but the end of the book where it says that part about him only trying to be a good dog....
Yup. Floods. Every time.

[talisman-tr]

The Talisman... I cryed when the Wolf died

[mrob44]

At the end of IT when whats left of the group walks by the glass door/windows of the building and see all their reflections.

[BC Barlow]

Lots of them, actually. I cried at the end of Cujo, most memorably :eyebrow: Not in the story, but the end of the book where it says that part about him only trying to be a good dog....
Yup. Floods. Every time.

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

[ilya]

hi people

[JohnDalglish]

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

Hi,

Yes, me too.

Must be one of the most memorable, and resonant, lines ever IMO.

Long days and pleasant nights

[sararz]

Man, Cell had me worried about his little boy, Duma Key and his daughter (if you read it, you know), green Mile..the end, Lisey's Story when his brother. Man, shall I go on?

[Shasta]

There are many, like Insomnia, that have made me cry but the two that do it to me the most and every single time are the Green Mile and The Dark Tower.

[collisionist]

The Green Mile. An incredibly moving book, and one of the best. Oh man, what a story. I have never really stopped crying for John Coffey, Delacroix, and Mr. Jingles

[sedative]

Many of them, The Green Mile, Bag Of Bones, It, Carrie, The Stand, Gerald's Game, Pet Sematary...

[Joan]

Insomnia - Lois, Ralph, Rosie, and yes, even Ed. I'm reading Wizard and Glass right now and have a feeling I'll be shedding a tear soon.

[coolambindang]

Few books have ever made me cry in my life. That has always been left to movies. But I have to say that the way King wrote the characters of Insomnia really left an impression on me. I cried at the end of the book as so many have already posted. I am sure you know who and when I speak of. I again shed many a tear after reading DT 7. Many have posted that they cried at the sacrifice of two beloved characters for King. But those events especially the outcome for Oy were foreshadowed in DT 4. So it was not unexpected. What was unexpected was my reaction to Roland actually approaching the Dark Tower, he calls out all those names.....still gets me. King actually got me weeping, my nose got stuffy my eyes got watery and I got one of those crying headaches while trying to finish the book. Thanks SK!!!

[RsPetals16]

I've read a lot of books that made me cry, but I have to admit that when Eddie dies in the Tower I cried on and off for a couple of days. It was like I had lost a member of my family. I had truly come to love him and the whole Ka-Tet.....still do.
Long days and pleasent nights!

[kaycees_mom]

The Green Mile is the only SK book that has made me cry. It'sne of my favorites.
Me too. I just felt so bad for John Coffey. He had such a kind and gentle heart.

[kaycees_mom]

Nobody said Rita Heyworth and the Shawshank redemption? I don't remember if reading the story made me cry, but the movie at the end. I pictured the wall and the tree exactly the way the movie portrayed. I was so happy for them to get together at the end. Even though I read the story a few times, I was worried Red was going to kill himself.

[pixiedaark]

Lisey's Story made me cry the hardest. I also cried at the end of The Dead Zone. Pet Semetery used to just make me cry,but now it totally freaks me out and I can never, ever read it again!
(I have two little boys and my oldest kind of looks like Gage.)

[Deavlynn]

I cried for about 3 days at the end of the Dark Tower Series.
When Roland was climbing the tower, with each new room I just saw it coming, and I was practically screaming at him to leave, go back down and out the door. When he didn't I just fell apart.
I am not sure though if I really cried so hard because of the story itself, or because I was so sad to see the series finally come to an end. I fell in love with that ka-tet and I just couldn't bear to think there would be no more stories about them.

[coolambindang]

Nobody said Rita Heyworth and the Shawshank redemption? I don't remember if reading the story made me cry, but the movie at the end. I pictured the wall and the tree exactly the way the movie portrayed. I was so happy for them to get together at the end. Even though I read the story a few times, I was worried Red was going to kill himself.

Me too, F.D. has a way of making a movie that really tugs those heart strings! The actual story did not make me cry though.

[ihavepromisestokeep]

Oy:sad:

[ihavepromisestokeep]

And Wolf:sad:

I loved him.

[Shasta]

I cried for about 3 days at the end of the Dark Tower Series.
When Roland was climbing the tower, with each new room I just saw it coming, and I was practically screaming at him to leave, go back down and out the door. When he didn't I just fell apart.
I am not sure though if I really cried so hard because of the story itself, or because I was so sad to see the series finally come to an end. I fell in love with that ka-tet and I just couldn't bear to think there would be no more stories about them.

I'm with you there. my husband actually threatened to take me to a psychiatrist because I took it so hard!

[ComeUntoSweetDeath]

but I have to admit that when Eddie dies in the Tower I cried on and off for a couple of days. It was like I had lost a member of my family. I had truly come to love him and the whole Ka-Tet.....still do.
Long days and pleasent nights!


i had almost the same reaction... but i actually started crying all of a suddent while i was in the shower....i have never had a reaction like that ever...

[La Belladonna]

Cujo
It
The Stand
DT Series (certain exits)
Lisey's Story
Duma Key
The Talisman

[collisionist]

I am always sad when any of the books end.

[BeepBeepRichie]

Definately in IT when Eddie died. I always loved him, and I can't quite explain why. It made me so sad.

And in The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon in the very end. When she points up at the sky with her hat. I was like "she got the save..." *sniffle* My friend and I were reading that at the same time and we were both misty-eyed when we finished.

[kisun]

Definately in IT when Eddie died. I always loved him, and I can't quite explain why. It made me so sad.

And in The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon in the very end. When she points up at the sky with her hat. I was like "she got the save..." *sniffle* My friend and I were reading that at the same time and we were both misty-eyed when we finished.

I did not cry when Eddie died, but I was very mad about it because he was such a fragile character, IMO.

[zebulon]

I got emotional, but didn't cry, when reading The Gunslinger. When Jake falls to his death. I still don't understand the whole "Roland is Jake" rationale, though..

[Wongadob]

I would have to say Lisey's story was very emotional and I really enjoyed it even from a man's perspective. I am married and have kids so a lot of the emotions mentioned I can relate to. Also my step dad dies about 5 years ago and I know my mum has not got over it yet. although I cannot live in either person's head, my mother or Lisey, I think being married I can relate a little bit and when she was saying her final goodbyes at the end it was very emotional. I still have moments thinking about my grandmother (nan if your english) and she died 15 years ago.

[thelongwalk28]

cell

[dividedgrlofmine]

The Stand, IT and the last book of the Dark Tower series all made me cry.

Oh! And Lisey's Story. I'm a big cryer though.

[nancy cosgrove]

I did not actually cry but "the Long Walk" left me feeling me feeling so sad,(can't say why because of spoiler) but it seemed such a hopeless tale.

[Andreas L.]

I cried a lot reading It the first time. Bag of bones also did it for me, espescially near the end.

[Count Blake]

I did cry at the end of IT when Eddie died, loved everyone in the Loser's club, and although I had it drummed in my head they would all die apart from Bill, when he did die, it was just heart-wrenching

[kono]

Usually the Darabont adaptataions get me. As far as the novels...Cujo brought a few tears to my eyes, but what really got me I'm shocked to see no one else mention Desperation.

[Hank Chinaski]

Pet Semetary is as close as I have ever come to leaking. As the father of a 17 mon. old boy there were quite a few parts. IMO the story has so much to do with the never ending love a father has for his son.

[JinxSight]

Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass when Susan died. I really did sob quite a bit. and Dark Tower: The Dark Tower when Oy and Eddie died. When Susannah left. And when Roland reached the top only to start over. Yes, I cry a lot... But that stuff was very sad and I was very in tune with the characters. After spending 2 years reading the DT series, the characters grow on you a lot.

And while it didn't quite make me cry, Duma Key made me very sad when Ilse was killed...

[Allison Wonderland]

Perhaps I'm just the type of person who cries a lot, but almost all of King's books have brought tears to my eyes at one point or another (as another poster said in another thread "I cry at the drop of a hat, and I bring my own hat"). I am very often touched by the raw human emotion that King brings to his writing. I genuinely Love the characters that he creates. They become real people for me, and I come to share whatever joy or sorrow that they are feeling. I have laughed tears, and cried tears, and enjoyed it all so very much. But that is why I read the stories, I suppose.

When I get to the point where I am no longer touched by the words on the page I'll stop reading them.

A.W.

[henrythomasgirl]

I bought Lisey's Story last night, am only 53 pages into it, and am already crying. SK has really hit my emotions with this one.

[Kim L.]

I bought Lisey's Story last night, am only 53 pages into it, and am already crying. SK has really hit my emotions with this one.

He got me on that one too.l

[amandacolene]

an embarrassing number of his books have made me cry, however, The Green Mile and of course, The Dark Tower books 1 and 7. I cried when Eddie, Jake and Oy died like you wouldn't believe.

[JohnDalglish]

He got me on that one too.l

Hi,

Me too (Lisey's Story).

I'll never read a new King on the bus again!

Long days and pleasant nights

[Spideyman]

He got me on that one too.l


Totally agree KIm. Lisey's Story hit hard and to home. It amazes me the way Sai King can make you one with his characters ( in all his books).

[pennywise123]

I cried when I read the short story, "The Reach". My father had passed away about a year before, and the story warmed my heart and soul. It was a beautiful story.

[mojomofo]

When Jake died in DT7, I was bawling so hard I had snot running out of my nose. (I know, pretty picture)

Same thing for when Wolf died in Talisman, I am on a re-read, and I am close to tears just knowing what is coming up.

When Eddie dies, and Susannah is holding her watch, I can barely read the pages.

The Green Mile- When Coffey is put to death, and at the end when Mr. Jingles is described as an old mouse.

I get emotionally involved with the characters, and when something bad happens, it really hits me.

[AmandaL685]

[QUOTE=mojomofo;191266]
The Green Mile- When Coffey is put to death, and at the end when Mr. Jingles is described as an old mouse.

These parts made me cry too.

[Medeann]

The Dark Tower. I didn't exactly cry when Jake died, but it was sad. Like saying goodbye to a friend.

[K1D6R4Y]

No book has made me cry, but I will say that Pet Sematary was heartbreaking, especially the part when Gage and Louis were flying the kite together. It was so perfect, so beautiful...which made Gage's death all the more painful.

[Kim L.]

Totally agree KIm. Lisey's Story hit hard and to home. It amazes me the way Sai King can make you one with his characters ( in all his books).

Yes, and usually within a few pages.

[indiegirl1]

I think that of all of the King novels Bag of Bones made me cry the most.
I loved the book, but it was very melancholy to say the least.

[gewsrus]

the talisman. when wolf kicked it

[rose key]

So many times he made me cry, and I really don't cry very often. He makes us love the characters, or feel close to them like they are old friends, and then when they die, it's hard to take. I cried the most over DT7, though. Even the third time I read it, I cried.
The Stand made me cry. The Talisman, too. I don't really like to say what parts made me cry with these books, because even though we have spoiler buttons, there seems to be too many people who haven't read these books, and that button is just too tempting. I don't want to be the one to ruin anything.

[staropeace]

The last part of the final dark tower and I dont have to tell you why,I bet. My heart was sorta captured by a charming little furry arsed creature who I loved right well

[darko]

The Dark Tower. When Roland and Oy buried Jake. Heart-wrenching.

[JohnDalglish]

The last part of the final dark tower and I dont have to tell you why,I bet. My heart was sorta captured by a charming little furry arsed creature who I loved right well

Hi,

Yes, that's baaad !!! NOT looking forward to that bit at all, at all.

Just getting to know him again (Finished Waste Lands).

Long days and pleasant nights

[GarratyVStebbins]

This thread made me cry because I keep finding out about different characters dieing in novels I haven't read yet

:glare:

[Alexfan95]

I´ve haven´t read Carrie - the book - but I have seen the "first" film of Carrie and In the end when she killed her own mother and when that girl who went to her "graveyard" after Carrie died....

I hope it´s right:biggrin2:

[RANGERWIFE]

Definitely THE GREEN MILE & BLAZE!

[vivazebool]

None. But some made me sad. I was sad when Eddie died in DT7. And I was sad when Wireman died in Duma Key. And, I felt bad for Blaze when he died at the end after living a life of being misunderstood, having opportunities taken from him, and being alone.

[Sterling]

I cried after what happened to John Coffey in The Green Mile. It was the first time I ever cried over something I was reading. It was a moment that defined the book.

[IfSoGirl]

let's see blaze made me cry, duma made me cry, DT7 made me cry multiple times

[Janet0312c]

Cell. I cried because I was left dangling at the end. That's it???

[Raven4404]

I am a long-time reader of sai King and the first time he ever made me cry was last night, when I was reading The Dark Tower and it was when Jake died,I haven't started reading again yet, I'm afraid I will cry again.

Love and Light

[dreamgiver032]

Have to say Wizard and Glass. I just never expected to be so emotionally attached to the story, and so when the end of "Susan" came, it was all tears. As well, my wife will be getting to this very soon, and I'm excited to live the moment again with her. Very powerful stuff indeed!

[dejolane]

I did feel sorry for Carrie at the beginning of the movie. Everyone was mean to her but she got her revenge on them. But the movie didn't make me cry.
Debbie

[SometimesTheyDontComeBack]

The only I remember is Bag Of Bones. I loved Bill Dean, but when he became all terrible like that to Mike, it made me cry. Very Very sad...

[SometimesTheyDontComeBack]

Also It made me cry when Eddie Died. Very Very sad... I cried a while

[henrythomasgirl]

Basically, Lisey's Story made me bawl my eyes out. When Scott dies and he and Lisey have their final moment together .... serious crying going on there.

[amandacolene]

The Dark Tower. When Roland and Oy buried Jake. Heart-wrenching.
Oh my GOSH me too. There was a part: "Oy?" he asked. "Will you say goodbye?"
The bumbler extended his neck and caressed the boy's cheek a last time with his tongue. "I, ake." he said: Bye Jake, or I ache, it came to the same.

yeah, omg I cried like a baby. The first time I read that book I wrote and entry in my blog right after reading that part and titled my entry "Fu*k Stephen King, no, REALLY." LOL...its so sad. Bumbler loved him so much. *sigh*

[Dana Jean]

The first book ever to make me cry was The Talisman. The second one was Insomnia. I was devastated.

[Count Blake]

Eddie dying in IT, despite the fact I was on the run at the time, I found myself just about able to intake the emotional imapct of it.

[rindaris]

Cell.

I don't want to post a spoiler, but it was about 2/3 into the book and involved a brick. If you've read the book you know the scene I'm talking about.

[whoopsipoppedaplatypus]

Im not really one for crying, but i did shed a few tears when they put coffey to the chair in the Green Mile

[babylove]

i never read the book,but when i saw pet sematary for the 1st time(about 10)i was so sad,i cried.heck even now,that scene makes me sad..you know a story like that came from a great mind...to make you FEEL...

[Luli]

I normally never cry when I read a book, but I did shed a few tears when Roland was so desperately trying to convince Susannah to stay. And the picture of him sitting in front of the door was heartbreaking.

[Liquidsoul]

Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption and the Green Mile

[dividedgrlofmine]

I just finished "The Long Walk" and can add it to the list of Stephen King books that have made me sob like an itty bitty baby.

[Sexy Mcmanbeast]

Last Dark Tower, and Insomnia, and I'm sure others but those are the only ones off the top of my head.
Oh, and Lisey's story.

[Sweet One]

Right off the bat, the ending to "Cujo"[

Gave me stomach pains. I was very disturbed by that. And a lot of things in King's stories. But I don't think I've ever actullay cried.

[bloodroses]

Most of SIA Kings books have made me cry,some have left me feeling hollow as is the case with PET SEMETARY, Carrie, the green mile,cujo,but some made you cry with joy,THe girl who loved tom gordon,The dark tower ,firestarter,then agian some just made you want to scream what just happened here?

[mattyO]

The Green Mile.

[lord_vertigo]

I didn't cry, but I was bummed when I finished "The Stand," because the characters became like good friends. It was hard to see them go, especially Larry Underwood (who I think, in one world or another, is Eddie Dean).

I did cry during "The Talisman" when ... SPOILER ALERT ...






















Wolf died. It was unexpected, and very difficult to read.

I didn't cry, but was pretty dang close when during the final "Dark Tower" novel ... SPOILERS ...































Jake was killed, and then soon after, Oy died. I don't know which death was sadder. Eddie's death was not entirely unexpected, but Jake and Oy were a surprise, thus the greater emotional impact. I was looking for Eddie to go out in a blaze of glory ever since he tore through Balazar's men in the nude. He almost seemed to have a death-wish, even though he himself probably would have insisted otherwise.

[henrythomasgirl]

The way that Carrie ended also caused me to tear up and cry a bit. :(

[LadyPain]

In the DT series when Jake gives his life to protect Stephen's, I bawled. I bawled harder when Roland dug his grave.

[Jack Wesley]

Man I feel insensitive after reading peoples post's. I've felt sad for characters but never moved to tears. About the only thing that gets me to tear up is Carole Kings song "Eventually" but darn never from a book. Great questions; I think the books that made me the saddest were Bag of Bones, Parts of Hearts in Atlantis, and Lisey's story. Great question!

Jack

[goosemanzep]

the one book that really brought me 2 think about things and get emotional was The Body From Stand By Me

[Vegetable in Glasses]

I guess I would have to say all of them at some point. He is the only author who has ever made me cry. I do have to say that I don't cry from the short stories though, with the exception of The Reach. Oh, and Apt Pupil didn't make me cry either - just made me nauseous.

[dividedgrlofmine]

My next King book is Desperation and it's making me incredibly nervous because I think I read somewhere on the message board that it was really intense, and a real tear-jerker.

[bethmoorahpl]

My dad told me the same thing. "you can't understand what that's like." (he's talking about the movie) "I know you think it's sad, but it's not the same if you don't actually have kids. I can't even watch that movie."

I usually cry at some point in every S.K. book. I just cry when something's moving. I cried in Bag of Bones, I cry a lot in It, In Duma Key, I'm actually going to just stop there because it would probably be easier to tell you the ones I don't cry in. I actually sort of, um, weeped at the end of the DTs because I had grown so attached to SusannahEddieJakeOy(it just feels right to put their names like that) and I sort of fell in love with Roland.

[Greeeer]

Lisey's Story, many times.

[RageFury]

Mine are when Susan dies in DT4 & Eddie/Jake/Oy die in DT7. Other times where I've felt like crying but haven't: ending of The Green Mile obviously, as well as the end of The Dead Zone where Sarah is in the graveyard visiting Johnny's grave - everything was so UNFAIR in that book!! & Pet Sematary.

[Nero]

King has a way with stories about childhood that really gets me when he wraps it all up.

I get an empty, melancholy feeling after reading It (someone earlier mentioned when Bill Denbrough remembers his childhood and the friends he shared it with, I know exactly what you mean) and also Gordon Lachance does something similar in The Body, which affects me the same.

(kind of like the feeling you get at the end of The Sandlot movie...)

[danfan]

I cried in Wizards & Glass but only on the 2nd reading, not the first.
Balled my eyes out all the way through DT7.

Dead Zone got me too right in the last chapter, and Bag of Bones got me once.

[nhdiane3660]

In Dark Tower series (when Oy died)

[henrythomasgirl]

(kind of like the feeling you get at the end of The Sandlot movie...)

Nice comparison. I totally agree with that.:grinning:

[mista]

Everythings eventual the story of L.T.s Theory of pets.

[bopropadop]

Pet Semetary - When Gage was hit by the truck and killed. My little ones were about Gage's age at the time. I'll never forget my reaction to reading that. I still think about little Gage quite often.

[Samantha_]

In Duma Key Stephen King writes, " Now I would just sit here by myself on the sand, and look out at the Gulf, and think about my daughter, Ilse Marie Freemantle, who had weighed six pounds and four ounces at birth, whose first word had been dog, who had once brought home a large brown balloon crayoned on a piece of construction paper, shouting exultantly, "I drawed a pitcher of you, Daddy!"

and that is just kick your behind, drawn into the emotion, can't hardly stand it ... good writing.

[TheWalkinDud]

I've sniffled at a few SK books, the end of Insomnia when Ralph dies, the Dead Zone when Johnny is talking about his depression and when he discovers that Sarah is married, and several points in the Dark Tower - when Eddie, Oy and Jake die, and when Roland is calling out the names of his fallen friends as he approaches the Tower.

[Chatterbox]

Blaze when little Joe looks at the face and cries because it's not George's Pet Semetary When poor little Gage is killed, oh I loved him so much

[JCBearss]

Shawshank's end was very moving and did shed a few tears. I do not think in any lituary work I was ever so upset when Mattie died in Bag of Bones. I do not think I could ever recapture that anger, and disappointment in a novel again. Even in some VERY trying times have I ever felt that way

[kennedy]

its the green mile for me too

[Sexy Mcmanbeast]

Insomnia and The Talisman had me weepy.

[calmira413]

The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower. Tears streamed down my face when Eddie died and again when Jake died. I never thought he could bring me to tears the way he made me not be able to sleep 20 years ago when I read my first Stephen King book. AWESOME!!! as always. Please keep them coming and don't EVER stop writing!!!

[ree122573]

To be honest there are several of SK books that have made me cry. I always get so attached to the charcters and it never fails that one of my favorites ends up getting killed ie...Wolf, Gage, Alice, Henry. I was so upset when Stu fell and broke his leg and I was sure that he wasn't going to make it and I didn't think I could take it after losing Nick like we did. Anyway......I think that is one of the best things about all of his books, the characters draw you in and you really start to care about them.

[all dead rock band]

I get an empty, melancholy feeling after reading It (someone earlier mentioned when Bill Denbrough remembers his childhood and the friends he shared it with, I know exactly what you mean)


I get that feeling as well, shed a few tears in my first readings of It. BUT it's not that Bill remembers his childhood and friends, it's that he almost remembers his childhood, and the friends with whom he shared it. In other words, he doesn't remember any of what happened, any of those friendships, none of it, just sometimes wakes up and has the memories on the edge of consciousness. That is the saddest thing about the book to me, that intense love they all felt for each other, even when they came back as adults, the 'best friends I ever had' bit, and none of them remember each other the second time around. That gets at me.

Having said all that I've cried like a sissy at a few others. Green Mile being one, John's execution is just designed for it. Recently I reread Needful Things and the scene where Pangborn breaks down completely in front of Polly really broke me as well, I know where he was coming from these days. The Stand gets to me in a few places, Harold's apology and suicide, the end of Larry and Glen, some of Tom and Stu's scene's after the nuke, some others I'm forgetting and of course when the book ends... don't like to finish big epic books in general. I miss them for a while.

Then of course there's the Tower books. I always teared up in The Waste Lands where Oy nearly plunges to his death from that bridge, and SK writes that Oy has human like tears streaming down his face, I'm a sucker for 'animals in distress' ploys. Of course the Eddie/Jake/Oy stuff in the last book really got me going, but that's pretty much universal amongst SK fans, so it would seem.

The one that really got me (and still does) was Wizard and Glass. I lost a fiancee who Susan kind of reminds me of, and there are multiple points throughout Roland and Susan's romance that get to me. But when Susan is burned alive, her last thoughts being of Roland, and Roland seeing the it all in the Glass and just completely losing it... that just rips my guts out every time. I probably should avoid it for my own health lol, but it's such a great book.

A few others have gotten me over the years but I can't remember specifics. You care about SK's characters. I think that is his main strength as a writer.

[PhillyBat]

I had forgotten that I cried in The Dark Tower series when oy died.

I also cried during Blaze. Especially the end.

[Christina_Mladenova]

"Insomnia", "IT", "Dark Tower: Wizard and glass", "Dark Tower:Dark Tower", "The Long Walk" :) I cry all the time :)

[Natjen24]

I never actually cried, but when a major character dies in one of his books i feel uneasy.

Also, 'cause I'm really vulnerable for animal cruelty, I tend to feel bad when something happens to animals, especially cats. For example when the cat dies in Pet Semetary, even when he kicks it after it's returned from the grave.
Another example is in Cell, when Tom has to leave his cat behind.

[never sleeps]

The Dark Tower. I was so bloody angry when Jake died saving SK. 3 times in the cycle. As a character i think he's one of Kings best. But i suppose his sacrifice yada yada yada........

[aussiewonder]

O k I just posted this on a different thread, but I am reading the DT Wolves right now, and there are spots where I actually have to stop and dry the tears, may be sappy, but so be it.

[Eddie D]

Many of them. I just can't help getting tied to the characters, which is one of the biggest draws to Stephen's work for me.

[Songbird]

Dreamcatcher
IT
The Green Mile - John Coffey and his injustice.

[CaraLaughs]

The last Dark Tower book. These people had been in my life for so long. It was hard to lose them. I also cried at the end of CUJO, and I've never been able to read it again.

[Miss Barbie]

The green mile...

After I realized John Coffee was innocent and who had killed the twins I threw the book in the air (I swear) and started crying... LOL It took me one week to start reading again, I was soooo upset... :sad:

[nunuchis_]

INSOMNIA. I cried so much at the end, I had never cried so much with a book.
I also felt tears in my eyes with LISEY`S STORY

[Theregulator]

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

Broke my heart.

Same here. Also cried when Tom Cullen got sent to Las Vegas.

[King Jacob]

No books have made me cry, but I do know quite a few that have made me feel like I've lost someone near and dear to my heart. After reading these books, I almost did bawl.

The Dark Tower IV
The Dark Tower VII
Duma Key
Blaze
Bag of Bones

[youngfibre]

GREEN MILE most definately. i see myself as lucky not able to sense the failings and minds of people or lucky because sometimes i am not able to comprehend the evil the comes from others but able to live with them.

[kingricefan]

Well, I'd definately have to say Dark Tower VII (twice!!), Green Mile, Pet Semetary and the short story The Reach.

[Zo Zo]

The Green Mile and Dreamcatcher.
Didn't cry my eyes out but filled up a bit.

[slinkybabe]

The Green Mile has lots of crying points in it for me. Also Duma Key, Lisey's Story, Rose Madder and most recently The Things They Left Behind from Just After Sunset.

I really am way too emotional :down:

[cindianajones]

Too many to list-- most recently Insomnia.

[slinkybabe]

Forgot to say also, Blaze made me weep big fat rolling tears.

I wanted to take the big dope home and look after him.

[treasures]

I'd have to go with Green Mile....

[aussiewonder]

Same here. Also cried when Tom Cullen got sent to Las Vegas.

I just finished reading DT7 about an hour and half ago, and what you said is so true for me had to stop reading till I could quit crying!:sad:

[rosezilla]

I just finished re-reading "Cujo" and I sobbed. Seriously. I read it the first time when I was in high school, probably fifteen years ago. Now I'm 31 and have a nearly-four year old daughter, and I could put myself in Donna Trenton's shoes FAR too well. The fact that she manages to get out and bludgeon the thing to death is amazing...but to find that her son had died while she was out doing it...wow. It was unfair. It was ghastly. I had not remembered that little bit from when I had read it as a teen, and I'm sure that it hadn't made that kind of impression on me. Fantastically written and terribly heartbreaking. The whole book was different for me this time around. So very believably scary. I held my breath through most every scene with Donna and Tad in the car. I was terrified, then vindicated, then absolutely grief-stricken down to my guts along with Donna. Once again, Uncle Steve proves that he knows women. I've maintained to many friends that he writes women and their psyches and thought processes better than many male writers...possibly only Wally Lamb beats him on this score.

Other King books that have made me cry: The Entire Dark Tower series in bits...mainly the death of Susan, but also out of grief at other deaths and out of empathy for Roland. Insomnia made me cry with the beauty of Ralph's spirit. But, yeah, Cujo wins the Kewpie.

[catnoel]

The Dark Tower. After reading all those novels I kinda felt like they were folks I saw everyday if that makes sense. I won't spoil it for you but Oy and Jake's ending kinda got to me. :sad::

[JackTheRipper]

The last Dark Tower book... I never cried so much while reading a book

[avara]

I agree with you about when you have kids you will so cry your eyes out in certain scenes of Pet Semetary...but I also balled in Hearts of Atlantis, Green Mile and Dreamcatchers...

[mylife4usk]

The Green Mile here, too. Brilliant stuff throughout but man was that sad. :(
The movie was a great adaption, maybe his best yet. Kudos to Frank Darabont! Long may he live to direct more King stories. :)

[TheWalkinDude]

Cry seems like a powerful word ... Feeling emotional about a particular scene has probably happened in just about every story I've read. So for now, I will pick the most recent.

'The Library Policeman' (1990) - A small flashback scene where Stan Soames reveals the debt he owes to Dirty Dave.

Stan's son Joey is a big fan of baseball and the Kansas City Royals in particular. Unfortunately he is stricken with Leukemia. During Joey's final days, Stan's long time friend, Dirty Dave (the town drunk and not very liked by anyone else but one who Joey adores) has a knack of being a fantastic artist. Dave shows up to the hosptial one day with two bags full of baseballs. On each baseball is a lifelike painting of each of the KC players as well as a personal autograph from the team.

A very touching moment ... as there are many of these in SK stories.

[miglash]

It's strange but I have totally forgotten! Until I started reading here. When I read Insomnia, near the end it seemed like everything is going to turn out OK. So I was about 14 years old we were having this family trip. We were riding home, me and my brother playing in the back of the car, throwing potatoes from Mcdonalds and I remembered I havent read the last pages of the book. So I thought I'll finish it, because it should have been the boring happily ever after ending, and I cried my eyes out, tried to controll myself, so as not to shock my family, but didnt really achieve anything in that part. It was BAD! I mean it was just...there is no words to express how sad and empty I felt for days afterwards, not to mention it freaked out my parents :eek2:
And for more I think I shed a tear or to while reading DT, but I'm not really sure. Cause there were some truly sad parts, but there was no such bawling as in Insomnia, well maybe because in DT all deaths are known to be coming so you can brace yourself for the fact, as hard as it is :glare: But on the other hand I'm glad that he kills those characters that he does, it saves his books from being cheezy, not knowing who will live or who will die

[PrincessNinja]

I was crying to myself whilst reading the part of the Dark Tower where Eddie died. I had spent two full years reading every book in order, being totally obsessed and wishing the entire story was real. I had completely absorbed myself into the world of Roland and his Ka-tet. Every single emotion that the book described, I was feeling it hard. But when Eddie died, my god, the tears flooded. I was reading each sentence and just KNOWING but hoping so much that Stephen would have been a good sport. The books couldn't have ended any other way.

I've never cried at any other book.
I love those guys. :smile2:

[Sherwood]

Like some other readers the last couple of pages of "IT" made me blub - for two reasons I think, firstly, Bill Denborough's memories of his childhood years were so real I could smell them, and the fact that I'd just finished one of the best damn books I've ever read! :sad:

[Cypress]

I still have a lot of SK’s work left to enjoy, but out of those that I have read, Pet Sematary was the one to make me cry. During Gage's funeral when Louis and his father-in-law get in a fight, knock into Gage's casket, and they catch a glimpse of his little hand.

[mccoy162]

I never really had an interest to read "IT". I saw pieces of the movie on TV and the clown was ridiculous. Well a co-worker of mine suggested I read it -I love that book - it has become my favorite. I sobbed at the end. And what is really horrible - I called my husband to tell him about finishing the book - and when I stared to tell him about the end I stared sobbing all over again. SK books always have deep impacts on my imagination but never to this degree. I think in a way it brought me back to my youth, with my friends and how that all seems like a distant memory or even someone else. Has anyone else had an emotionally charged reactions from any of his books?

[Moderator]

I never really had an interest to read "IT". I saw pieces of the movie on TV and the clown was ridiculous. Well a co-worker of mine suggested I read it -I love that book - it has become my favorite. I sobbed at the end. And what is really horrible - I called my husband to tell him about finishing the book - and when I stared to tell him about the end I stared sobbing all over again. SK books always have deep impacts on my imagination but never to this degree. I think in a way it brought me back to my youth, with my friends and how that all seems like a distant memory or even someone else. Has anyone else had an emotionally charged reactions from any of his books?

I moved your post from the new thread you started in Chattery Teeth as it fit in with this one.

[CountKrunkula666]

cujo
it
lisey's story
duma key
blaze
black house
bag of bones

i always get a little weepy at the sad parts
:blush:

[ally88]

Saddest story for me has to be the Green Mile, I thought it was sad to read but when it was released in the cinema an old boyfriend took me to see it, and he CRIED!! I wouldnt mind but he had seen it once before already so he knew what too expect:biggrin2:

[karend3]

The Green Mile, when they have to execute John Coffey because they can't prove his innocence, I can't even watch the movie without crying.

[Ange7894]

I definitely cried when Jake and Oy died in DT. Green Mile also made me cry. I'm a pretty emotional person so it doesn't take much. And it definitely doesn't have to be a sad moment to get me going. haha

[Jax]

The only books I've ever cried at are Insomnia, Lisey's Story, and Duma Key. You know a book is good when it provokes that kind of emotion.

[hcpcna04]

The Green Mile, The Stand, Cujo {I really hated it when the boy died. Thank God for the movie}. I haven't read "The Kings" older books in awhile, but I do collect them, just in case I should want to read them again, which is a lot. When I first read The Stand I loved it so much I read it every year for at least five years, that's why I wasn't that impressed with the movie, it just didn't do justice to the book.

[RainOfNineteen]

I have to say the Dark Tower made me cry. It's the last book in the series. I was sad, but I don't think Stephen King could have done a better job in ending the series. I hate it when books just end, with no room for the characters to go anywhere else. He gives Roland that option. And I'm not gonna say what I cried about because I don't want to ruin it.

[Father Callahan]

Never actually cried but had some heartbreak moments such as,
Bag of Bones and Wizard & Glass (you should know which part).

When Eddie died I wasn't sad, I was angry. In fact, I was so angry I told myself I was through with the Dark Tower, put the book back on the shelf, and vowed to never read another word from it. That lasted about two weeks.

[jonesingforking]

The end of the Dead Zone got me

[tina091]

It, Bag Of Bones & Heart In Atlantis...

[tina091]

It, Bag Of Bones & Heart In Atlantis...

[el perverso]

song of susanna, the gunslinger and cell

[cnfaustin]

I cried at the end of The Dark Tower VII because it was the end of the epic and also because of what happened to Roland when he reached the top, and it made me wonder what he did to deserve such a fate and would he ever escape it

[MrsSmeej]

Hi,

Thinking about it, most of them.

Long days and pleasant nights

I'm with the folks who cried in nearly every single book
Sai King never fails to catch me any time I look
He wants a tear? Then, right on cue, my vision starts to haze
With only one exception; I just couldn't cry for Blaze. :eek2:

Tears of joy and tears of pain - I've laughed until I cried...
Stephen has a gift which brings his readers right inside
The lives and minds and tragedies, the loves and loss and fears...
(Even when I know what's coming, still I'm shedding tears.)

All his people come alive for me each time I read

Both the Eddies, Susan, Oy, and Jake and Dr. Creed
Ralph and Ben and Ilse, Lisey, Polly, Ki and Pie
Coffey, Wolf and Jack and Henry... All have made me cry

There isn't space enough to list the books where I have wept
Even re-reads suck me in and back again I'm swept
Into the worlds of Stephen King. To me, the man's a Master
If I could wish for just one thing? 'Twould be that he write faster. :biggrin2:

:love:

[Patricia]

I'm with you on that. I must have read "The Stand" six times and as far as the movie goes . . . Gary Sinise is simply NOT Stu!




The Green Mile, The Stand, Cujo {I really hated it when the boy died. Thank God for the movie}. I haven't read "The Kings" older books in awhile, but I do collect them, just in case I should want to read them again, which is a lot. When I first read The Stand I loved it so much I read it every year for at least five years, that's why I wasn't that impressed with the movie, it just didn't do justice to the book.

[karend3]

The Green Mile, when they have to execute John Coffey even though he was innocent, I still can't watch the movie without shedding tears.

[RandomMan]

Never a tear...but deep sadness in everyone. If i was a cryer the DT and Hearts would have had me bawling my eyes out!!!!

[ihavepromisestokeep]

Tailsman - Wolf
DT7 - Oy

[-The Road Virus-]

On writing, when he talked about his mother dying and him putting the cigarette in her mouth. It just made me think about things and got really sad. Great read.

[Eva9]

Tailsman - Wolf
DT7 - Oy

Oy dies ?! :eek:

[KrJyBc]

Hearts in Atlantis. At least the first part...when Bobby said something like, he remembered, he remembered even someone like me.

I have to say though, I really wish Ted came back for real in the end, like Carol. Ted is one of my favorite characters of all time. Like that father figure everyone wished they had...

[tillyn]

The body i felt a heavy heart after reading that, all the boys life's seemed so sad , when Chris Chambers died while trying to bread up a fight i was really sad. Still one of my favorite stories of SK.

[SixPins]

The first time I ever, and the alone time I ever, cried while reading was during The Green Mile. It was when Del was getting ready to walk the mile and said goodbye to Mr. Jingles. I don't know why, but it hit me so damn hard. Everything in The Green Mile hit me. Paul being man handled by that greasy nursing home employee, Percy killing Mr. Jingles, all the happenings before, during, and after Del's execution.

[Everthing's Nineteen]

Just reading this thread and remembering some of those tragic moments made me tear up.
There are a few of King's books that I've deliberately put off reading just so I could have something to look forward to. Well, I just finished Pet Sematary. Hearing Louis talk to Gage in my [mind's ear?] -hearing him say his name as he took his broken body from it's casket ... Niagara falls!

[LeeAlexander]

Dark Tower VII When Eddie died
Dark Tower VII When Jake died
Dark Tower VII When Mordred died
Dark Tower VII When Walter died
Dark Tower VII During Roland's journey ascending the tower

Bag of Bones When Mattie Died
The Stand When Nick died
It at the end when they all started forgeting

Lisey's Story-More times than I can count

[candybait]

Um..... yeah, what everyone else said!!!:biggrin2:

[carnygal]

I wouldn't say any of his stories made me cry...but I agree with alot of you about the "empty feeling" when some of these stories end! That is the worse for me!:sad:

[JackTheRipper]

Dark Tower VII When Mordred died
Dark Tower VII When Walter died


These seem weird IMO but to each, his/her own.

[Cognac]

im a crier. it sucks cause im a dude, but thats the way it is. too many to mention but specifically, when someone dies.(not an extra, but a main character, specifically women and children.)

[elysian]

I can't believe I haven't answered this thread!
Originally, I think the only thing that actually made me cry was in The Stand, when Nick was killed. I had the biggest crush on this character and was just devastated! (don't make fun of me, I was 11.)

Unfortunately, something changed after having a baby and now lots of things make me weepy. Like Firestarter, which I just reread because it had been years and I could barely remember it. I know I wouldn't be able to deal with Pet Sematary now.

[Bynum360]

i was sad at the end of IT when bill just forgot all his freinds and his childhood:sad:

[calvin87]

The Last Rung on the Ladder put a lump in my throat.

[Drumbum]

The Green Mile

[photochik]

The Dark Tower (book 7) The whole car accident scene

I just finished Duma Key and it didn't make me cry but I was sad that the journey was over.

[nunu_chis]

The first SK story that made me cry was "The reach" in Skeleton crew, I had forgotten about it and I don`t know why, I remembered it the other day...

[Mr. Rainey]

Firestarter and Cell.

[hemingway2z]

None, my x's make me cry.

[tak113454]

i cried at the end of insomnia, just because for some reason i was so sucked in and absorbed by the book and i was so sad to see it end... it wasn't a bawl-fest or anything like that... just a few tears dribbled down my face...

[kfoisey]

Definitely Pet Semetary...the part where he wakes from the dream of the boy all grown up...WAY too sad!!!!

[Eva9]

I'm such a crybaby. The last time was a few days ago while reading The Stand. The part when Stu tells Tom that Nick is dead,that was sad, laws yes.:sad:

[tillyn]

At them moment it's when they burn Susan, Roland's girl. He's telling the story to his new katet and i felt so heart sick for him. (didn't quite cry but felt really sad.)

[Q'smum]

For me the two that I couldn't stop crying for were Bag of Bones in about 7 different spots and Insomnia. I put that book on the floor by the sofa and buried my head in the pillow and cried and cried and cried.

[AdoreAbhorror]

Plenty. And those that didn't stir a tear from me gave me that lump in my throat which is, when prolonged, worse -in my opinion.

I cant remember if i cried reading the talisman. If I did, it was when SK went and killed wolf. Not fair. Extremely not fair.

Bag of Bones, at the end.

Most recently, Lisey's story. Because there's too much to relate to.

[Eva9]

At them moment it's when they burn Susan, Roland's girl. He's telling the story to his new katet and i felt so heart sick for him. (didn't quite cry but felt really sad.)

I read that book twice and I cried both times. Yes, very sad.

[devilhorn]

I let out an audible "aww" and felt tears creeping out of my eyes when I read the part of On Writing where he describes the girls he knew that served as the inspiration for Carrie. Especially when he reveals that one of the girls (after she grew up) ended up killing herself by shooting herself in the stomach. The description of those girls was just so sad, especially knowing that they were real people...

[luvdthestand]

The Stand- when Tom Cullen starts singing The First Noel...oh man!
Duma Key- Wireman and Edgar relationship...

[Mr. Jingles]

The Green Mile....i cried on the subway reading it!!!

[Teddy Duchamp]

Im afraid I dont know how to "do" a spoiler so if you dont want to know anything please stop reading now LOL!

"dont put me in the dark, Im scared of the dark" - the Green Mile

Pet Sematary - when they lost Gage.

When Harold made bad choices in the Stand.

The Talisman - Wolf.

From a Buick Eight - where the young man (forgotten his name) talks about his father.

Cujo - poor Tad.

[Dragon of the Pants]

Only 1 book (Stephen King or otherwise) has brought tears to my eyes.

The Dark Tower VII: When Oy dies.:(

[Mr.Bobbo]

Well, Really,

THE DEAD ZONE was the major work by any author that first did that to me...since, I'm not sure about King in that regard. As a teenager, I thought the closing coda of CUJO was quite heartbreaking (he really WAS a good dog), and I'm not joking about that. There are some modern short works ("All That You Love Will Be Carried Away" is a good example) that carry this sort of emotion; and, you know what? Going way, way back to when I was 15-16 years old, both IT and THE TALISMAN held moments like that for me. Both beautiful examinations of the transitions, changes and losses between childhood and this fine state of being All Growed Up...but that's just me.

I'll also agree with the previous poster who found that emotional tug in LISEY'S STORY; it is there, for sure. And, good Godamighty, what about BLAZE? My daughter and I have read this fine little novel six times between us, and it's a heartbreaker for sure. Don't you think? Selah.


Okay,
Bobbo

[foster]

The talisman..so many times...

[babygirl1]

I agree. I read The Green Mile when you had to buy six separate books. I cried three times while reading the last installment.

[cocomajo]

hearts in atlantis- just took me back to a turbulent time in my youth

[onlyewe]

Let's see... I cried at points in Duma Key, Carrie, The Shining (especially the conversation between Danny and his father just before the end), Lisey's Story, The Stand. I've choked up a tad in other books as well, usually over having to say goodbye to a character who feels like an old friend or when characters have to pick up their well worn burdens and soldier on when they really don't want to.

[brandt813]

For me, I cried (and really had many strong emotional responses) while reading Pet Sematary. When Gage was killed, it just broke my heart, especially after my own son was born!

I remember also crying while reading the Green Mile.

While this asks for books, of note, I recently watched The Mist with my son. The "new" ending to the story absolutely tore my son up! He couldn't believe it and practically sobbed!

[finalfantasyVII]

For me The talisman for sure :down:when Wolf dies

[pandora]

The Talisman - When Wolf died
Insomnia - When Rhalph died
Hearts In Atlantis - When Carol Lived
Wizard & Glass - When Susan Died
Black House - When Henry Died
The Dark Tower - When Eddie & Jake (for the second time) died
Cell - When Alice died
Blaze - When we found out about Rufus Wyatt
Duma Key - Too many times to name them all

DANG!!!! Do you need a tissue???? Or a hug???

[redrum666]

Cujo, cujo, cujo

[Susanne]

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.

same here. :smile2:
but also Hearts in Atlantis when they got Ted, I really thought he and Bobby would make it.

[Cerralin]

I cried all the way through DT7. At times it was so bad I had to put the book down and walk away.

[mist2050]

Blaze. - I didn't just cry either; I sobbed.

Bag of Bones
The Dark Tower
Pretty sure I shed a few reading Lisey's Story.

Cell - When Alice gets brained with the brick I cried. Then stood up and fainted.

(hehe. It's true. bam! hit the floor.)

[Boni]

I cried with The Green Mile at Coffey's execution.

[Prince of Darkness]

Hi,

All of King's novels has had one of those moments for me, but some more than others. Okay, sometimes it isn't nothing more than a single tear, but sometimes it is a whole bucket-full.

And I'm not really even such an emotional person :oops:

Long days and pleasant nights

[thymeoperator]

so far:

* the whole ending to 'IT'

* when louis digs up gage's body in 'pet sematary' and it describes the corpse and louis is rocking him saying 'this is just tonight, tomorrow everything's going to be better' - that was probably the most horrific emotional thing i've ever read in my life - i was on a bus at the time (stupidly) and just started crying then and there

[Tarek]

The long walk, was sad. I cried, and I still am! I can't get over it, incredible good book. I like the way King describe things. This book is a book I will be reading many times in the future!

[yuno]

Insomnia made me cry because of what happened to Ralph Roberts. I know he had insomnia, but I cared what happened to him.

[Memri]

When I read the Green Mile, I remember crying and while re-reading it I tried skipping the parts that were unbearable to read.

The Long Walk got me all teary-eyed too

[Spooky Chick]

Hi,
I cant remember if I cried at SK books I've read in the past but it is very rare for a book to make me cry, unlike a film! I recently finished Black House and cried A LOT when a certain blind man was found murdered by his friend
The film of the Green Mile practically makes me weep uncontrollably!

Great forum you've got here folks :love: