Pakistani Readers discussion

Which book(s) broke your heart and left you in a mess?

For me:
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini
Daughter of the Forest Julliet Marillier
Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck

Well i'm only 12 but i've read a few of those:
(This is in no particular order)
Dying of the Light,Skullduggery pleasent #9
The Reckoning,The Books of Beginning #3
Toby Alone
The whole Wondla Trilogy
*EDIT*
Oh yeah also the book theif

There are a few.. I can't remember the ones that broke my heart in recent years. But in my teens I was moved to tears by 'The Giver' by Lois Lowry and 'The day of the Triffids' by John Wyndham. God... those 2 stories were really depressing at points.
I'll comment more when I remember other books that depressed me a lot.

Amar Bail by Umera Ahmed
The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseni
I have to check for more.

The Long Walk by Stephen King/Richard Bachman. Damn!!!! That book was DARK! It's about a race. 100 young boys leave the starting line together. Their are many rules of the race, all of which are aimed at keeping the boys just walking and walking. Any boy who stops or becomes too slow is given a warning. 4 warnings and (view spoiler)[you're dead (hide spoiler)]. The last boy remaining is the winner of the race and the grand prize. I've read it a few times over the years. Damn, heartbreaking is too good a word for this bleak book.

The room dont remember the writer.
Fault in our stars by jhon green
Wuthering heights.
Moth Smoke

I have more names done remember them now :p

Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dooma

Wuthering Heights
The mayor of casterbridge

yes. the mayer of casterbridge was heartbreaking. I love that book.

Burnt shadows by Kamila Shamsi
To kill a mockingbird
Women at Point Zero by Nawal Al Sadvi
Gone with the wind
Joys of motherhood forgot the writer name.
So long a Letter by Mariama ba
Scarlett song by Mariama Ba.

ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES
BOOK THIEF

Book theif is good.

the last song by nicholas sparks
a walk to remember by nicholas sparks
the fault in our stars by john green
me before you by jojo moyes

For me that book is
Forty rules of love by Elif Shafak , the kite runner by Khalid Husseni
And many others I can't remember right now

Okay, so major spoilers for Frank Herbert's Dune if you haven't read it:


In the chapter, the Scholar's Tale (view spoiler)[a major character deals with the loss of his young daughter through a disease that makes her age backwards, one day at a time, and erases her memories of subsequent days. (hide spoiler)] It is one of the most heartrending things I've ever read in fiction.

Asad wrote: "The Long Walk by Stephen King/Richard Bachman. Damn!!!! That book was DARK! It's about a race. 100 young boys leave the starting line together. Their are many rules of the race, all of which are ai..."

The Bachman period of King's writing was all so magnificently dark.

The Valkyries - Paulo Coelho : It was so bad it almost broke my heart.

That's it. I don't read stories for that reason: they suck.

I am a bold boy, try my best to avoid letting me driven away by emotions for long (hard to explain). I hate romantic movies. But still when it comes to read, I like written emotions a lot (hard to explain why :) )

Memoirs of a Geisha
The Book Thief
A Thousand Splendid Sun
The Kite Runner
Almost all True Tales in "Sarguzisht"... and so on

Maira wrote: "The room dont remember the writer.
Fault in our stars by jhon green
Wuthering heights.
Moth Smoke

I have more names done remember them now :p"

Are you talking about Room by Emma Donoghue? It has a movie adaptation too and i guess it won the Academy award too.

yes Azka that's the one. it is an amazing book.

I've yet to encounter a book that has made me cry or broken my heart. I'm not exactly fond of emotionally manipulative stories. Is that weird?!

Ayesha wrote: "I've yet to encounter a book that has made me cry or broken my heart. I'm not exactly fond of emotionally manipulative stories. Is that weird?!"

What! Never? Hmm...... i have an exactly opposite nature in this matter. I love emotionally manipulative books. And movies too.

Man-o-Salwa, also by Umera Ahmed. Pretty much anything she writes is guaranteed to make you either bezar or depressed or hearbroken. Quite possibly all three.

In Amar Bail , on death of Umar :( I cried

Sara wrote: "Man-o-Salwa, also by Umera Ahmed. Pretty much anything she writes is guaranteed to make you either bezar or depressed or hearbroken. Quite possibly all three."

True :'(

I didn't cry but it was close.

I like books that are able to entice an emotional reaction from the reader. Warna book parhne ka mazza nai atta :p

Maira wrote: "I like books that are able to entice an emotional reaction from the reader. Warna book parhne ka mazza nai atta :p"

Exactly Maira :D emotional attachment with the book is necessary so choose book wisely :)

Seher yes exactly. I remember reading Beloved by Toni Morrison and the horror I felt when I read it was because of the emotional investment of the writer in it. what we feel is the crux of what the writer wanted you to feel when they write a novel. so I think its there in every novel or piece of literature you read. It just needs to be explored.

@Maira
I've read certain books that i get so attached to and it's like i'm living the whole story andeven when i find a mich beyter book thats less thought provoking i don't even rate it 5

I need some heartbreak to remember a book. And I like remembering a book.
Contemporary books that broke my heart,

Kite Runner
Book Thief
Cutting for Stone

Amar Bail by Umera Ahmed
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
The Mayor Of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
La Hasil by Umers Ahmed

And so many more which i don't remember at the moment.

The fault in our stars.
Bird box (not because it was emotional or heartbreaking, but because it was terrifying.)
When breath becomes air.
Never let me go.
Girl at the war

@SUNDUS,amer bel is an awsum book..i cant really read urdu,boks so havent read it,plus am a sucker fpr hapy,endings n simply hate tragedy*sighs*
amer bel's ending is simply HEARTBREAKIN;(
this book is npw in englush version too...

@Awesome, it is definitely an awesome and heart wrenching book*the feels*. Yes i know most famous urdu novels are in english version too.
Ummm, if you haven't read it how do you know the ending?

My friend told me..she has been pushing me to ginger that book ;)
Like,I know the whole story of the book;-)

Awesome wrote: "@SUNDUS,amer bel is an awsum book..i cant really read urdu,boks so havent read it,plus am a sucker fpr hapy,endings n simply hate tragedy*sighs*
amer bel's ending is simply HEARTBREAKIN;(
this book..."

I couldn't make myself read that book becasue i knew the ending is extremely tragic and heartbreaking. I have ther book at home but still can't read it.

Guess what There is Amar Bail in my hands right now , and I couldn't supress the urge to read it agaiiiinnn :@:D :D

Oh my! I have wanted to for a while now but I just can't!

Amar Bail of course :D
The Kite Runner (I broke my heart so much I still haven't finished it.)
Me Before You.
TFIOS
Crow's row

@Awesome.. I guessed that :D
Though i also knew the ending but couldn't resist the urge to read.

13 Reasons Why By Jay Asher (Awsome And Heartbreaking Story )
It End With Us by Colleen Hoover
Love Letter To The Dead

The Fault In Our Stars
It End With Us
PS I Love You
Me Before You

Mata e Jaan hy Tu by Farhat Ishtiaq (Urdu)

Muhammad wrote: "Well i'm only 12 but i've read a few of those:
(This is in no particular order)
Dying of the Light,Skullduggery pleasent #9
The Reckoning,The Books of Beginning #3
Toby Alone
The whole Wondla Trilo..."

Why Book Thief? It's a great book!!! O.o (view spoiler)[ Because of death of Rudy Steiner? (hide spoiler)]

@Nigham.
Lol,It's been a while since i posted that.
I never said it was a bad book,by heartbreaking i meant that well it ...................broke me.In a good way.Basically the story was touching.

Never let me go.
girl at war.
birdbox.

The Fault in Our Stars
Looking for Alaska
The Book Thief
Moth Smoke
It Ends With Us
All the Bright Places
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Thirteen Reasons Why
The Hobbit (not even kidding)
Little Men (first book I ever cried on)

Guess my heart breaks easily

allegiant
fallen too far(that plot twist in the ending ughhhh)
the fault in our stars(and why are you guys using caps)
toby alone
attack on titans (the first volume is bitter)

Bilal wrote: "allegiant
fallen too far(that plot twist in the ending ughhhh)
the fault in our stars(and why are you guys using caps)
toby alone
attack on titans (the first volume is bitter)"

TOBY ALONE!
Che ma school leave ko then u finish it?!?!
I to,d u it was awesome.

It was awsome

One thing I accept
Che kom book ta mata suggest kare har zal kha yee