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Not a book, a comic.
My favorite comic book character, Cable, who had spent the last 17 years raising a .... called Hope in the future because people were trying to hunt her in the present, (but the future isn't really all that safe either, but only one person is still hunting Hope). He finally brings her home to her own time, then needs to close a portal that is spitting out death machines from the future - a suicide mission - but one which would save her. I found it quite sad.
They had a great adventure though:
(Cable saving Hope from people trying to kill her after she was born)
My favorite comic book character, Cable, who had spent the last 17 years raising a .... called Hope in the future because people were trying to hunt her in the present, (but the future isn't really all that safe either, but only one person is still hunting Hope). He finally brings her home to her own time, then needs to close a portal that is spitting out death machines from the future - a suicide mission - but one which would save her. I found it quite sad.
They had a great adventure though:
(Cable saving Hope from people trying to kill her after she was born)
Joined Apr 2010
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Oxford
This bit in particular. Probably a big ..... blouse, but honestly, this is the only thing I've shed a tear over in years (aside from Moon) where it closes on him.
Joined Oct 2010
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Don't recall being moved by the written word to that degree, but reading about the lynching below certainly affected me ('Jesus, this really occurred' vibe while staring aghast at the pages):
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington"]Lynching of Jesse Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington"]Lynching of Jesse Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
Joined Dec 2010
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Oregon coastal mountains
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A very moving account of some extraordinary people and tragic figures.
“Enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist’s brilliance . . . A very moving book.” —James Salter, The Washington Post Book World
A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twenty-five-year saga of the West Point class of 1966. With a novelist’s eye for detail, Rick Atkinson illuminates this powerful story through the lives of three classmates and the women they loved—from the boisterous cadet years, to the fires of Vietnam, to the hard peace and internal struggles that followed the war. The rich cast of characters also includes Douglas MacArthur, William C. Westmoreland, and a score of other memorable figures. The class of 1966 straddled a fault line in American history, and Atkinson’s masterly book speaks for a generation of American men and women about innocence, patriotism, and the price we pay for our dreams.
An immediate New York Times bestseller upon its original publication, the twentieth anniversary edition includes a new foreword by the author.
A very moving account of some extraordinary people and tragic figures.
“Enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist’s brilliance . . . A very moving book.” —James Salter, The Washington Post Book World
A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twenty-five-year saga of the West Point class of 1966. With a novelist’s eye for detail, Rick Atkinson illuminates this powerful story through the lives of three classmates and the women they loved—from the boisterous cadet years, to the fires of Vietnam, to the hard peace and internal struggles that followed the war. The rich cast of characters also includes Douglas MacArthur, William C. Westmoreland, and a score of other memorable figures. The class of 1966 straddled a fault line in American history, and Atkinson’s masterly book speaks for a generation of American men and women about innocence, patriotism, and the price we pay for our dreams.
An immediate New York Times bestseller upon its original publication, the twentieth anniversary edition includes a new foreword by the author.
Joined Apr 2010
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Oxford
No, it just shows you have a heart, no shame in that my good friend.
By the way, you mentioned Moon on the other thread, what is it, I never even heard of it? Am I missing out?
Moon is a movie - quite a slow one, and also quite sad, here's the trailer:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuScTcDP_Q]"Moon" - Official Trailer [HQ] - YouTube[/ame]
Joined Oct 2010
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Maybe it's a guy thing (or just a 'me' thing), but sometimes I'll be reading something horrific like the link I just posted above, thinking 'why amn't I bawling - is there something wrong with me?', cos other times I can be a sucker for sentimental tear-targeting fiction on television. That medium may have more of a pull on the emotions.
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That is the weird thing, I do not always cry, nor at the same things. I can read about and watch some terrible things and not even flinch, yet other times it just manages to pull on my heart strings and I start balling about it.
I think if we cried at everything, we could be labeled 'an emotional wreck' with good reason.
Remember, many of us feel deeply, yet do not cry. Many others cry easily, yet do not feel.
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many of us feel deeply, yet do not cry. Many others cry easily, yet do not feel.
Your new signature, perhaps? (has a great ring to it)
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The Far East
[ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Germinal-Penguin-Classics-%C3%89mile-Zola/dp/0140447423/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337710984&sr=1-1"]Germinal (Penguin Classics): Amazon.co.uk: Émile Zola, Roger Pearson: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CTuV4lzXL.@@AMEPARAM@@41CTuV4lzXL[/ame]
i didn't exactly cry but there were two moments in it that really touched me that i wanted to cry. i of course won't ruin the book for you by telling what those moments were
i didn't exactly cry but there were two moments in it that really touched me that i wanted to cry. i of course won't ruin the book for you by telling what those moments were
Joined Jun 2009
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land of Califia
How about when Itto and Daigoro are killed?Not a book, a comic.
My favorite comic book character, Cable, who had spent the last 17 years raising a .... called Hope in the future because people were trying to hunt her in the present, (but the future isn't really all that safe either, but only one person is still hunting Hope). He finally brings her home to her own time, then needs to close a portal that is spitting out death machines from the future - a suicide mission - but one which would save her. I found it quite sad.
They had a great adventure though:
(Cable saving Hope from people trying to kill her after she was born)
Joined Oct 2010
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Canada
The Joy Luck Club made me cry on a couple of parts. When the .... kills her baby to get back at the abusive guy it was just so sad. And, when the sisters re-unite at the end.
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land of Califia
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