I'm posting this out of pure curiousity as crying at books is something I generally don't do. I've certainly felt a little sad when reading different books and my old lodger would sob at books (my old 6ft, 20 something, male lodger no less). I could even tell what type of book would send him off and actively used to seek out and give him books that would make me cry - yes I freely admist this probably makes me mean. I used to work alongside the English department at work and they would often go to bits over different books but I assume it was the overly in touch with their emotion qualities that they had that made them do this.
To cut a long story short I want to know is it just me that doesn't cry at books. Am I emotionally dead inside? On the other hand what types of books is it that sends you off. To give you an idea I have given the following books to my old lodger and successfully made him cry with each one
Before I die - Jenny Downham
Life on a refrigdator door - Alice Kuipers
He also said that Harry Potter regularly got to him and another friend sobbed at the end of the Amber Spyglass.
So what do you think??
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Reading some books make me cry. Well, every person has their own tolerancy levels when it comes to crying and such. I don't think it means that you're "dead inside". It's just that you have a higher tolerancy towards these kinds of things. Or, maybe you're not reading your books properly. :P
If you don't cry, it doesn't mean you're emotionally dead inside... I think it all depends of the moment when you're reading & how you'll connect with the characters.
For example: I know that most of the people (at least girls) have cried at Titanic, but when I watched it the first time, I didn't cry, but I did cry a few years later when I watched it again :) So, I think it depends of the person & the moment :)
I think the test of whether *any* book can make you cry is to read Love, Aubrey. I dare ya.
PS you are also famous as the boy who sleeps in my library.