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

[bopropadop]

Pet Semetary -

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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, "

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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

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Ralph dies

, the Dead Zone when

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Johnny is talking about his depression and when he discovers that Sarah is married

, and several points in the Dark Tower -

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when Eddie, Oy and Jake die, and when Roland is calling out the names of his fallen friends as he approaches the Tower

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[Chatterbox]

Blaze

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when little Joe looks at the face and cries because it's not George's

Pet Semetary

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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apology and suicide

, the end of

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Larry and Glen

, some of Tom and Stu's scene's after

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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

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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

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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

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romance

that get to me. But when Susan is

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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.