Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and Bookish.
This weeks topic: Top ten books that broke my heart just a little bit.
Broke my heart because they were that kind of book
Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Keuhnert
Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody
To Kill a Mockingbird
Broke my heart because of the ending
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Broke my heart because some people just shouldn’t die…
3rd Degree by James Patterson
This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling*
Broke my heart because I had such high expectations
Sweet Valley Confidential by Francine Pascal**
Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella
* I know that it makes sense that people were going to die in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but after reading the previous 6 books, more than once, I felt like family members were dying.
** I loved Sweet Valley High. I’ve always wanted to see what happens when they grow up (same with the Babysitter’s Club). I can’t tell you not to read it because if you’re like me, and you loved Sweet Valley High, you will want to read it regardless of ratings or reviews. I just ask that you lower your expectations. Lower them a lot.
I completely agree with what you say about Harry Potter, I knew people were going to die, but I still wasn’t prepared for it! I really want to read Ballads of Suburbia, I’ve heard so many great things about it!
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Ballads of Suburbia was really good, but it will totally break your heart. It’s worth it though!
Seeing your list reminded me of a book I failed to put on my list…Of Mice and Men. Such a sad story. I must be off to my list to edit it!
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Of Mice and Men was one of the few required reading books that I liked in high school. Definitely sad though.
From the ones on your list I’ve read, Delirium brought me closest to tears.
I felt like family was dying as well when I read Harry Potter! So sad! Here is my Top Ten
Sweet Valley Confidential broke my heart too, by sucking so bad. Really if Bruce Patman hadn’t turned out so decent I might have demanded my money back, or sued Pascal for ruining my childhood friends. Aside from money, what the hell was she thinking?!
I used to pine for a Babysitter’s Club reunion book but after reading SVH I changed my mind. I hope Ann M Martin continues to leave the babysitters alone!
We do have very similar choices! Lauren Oliver is a master a making readers sob.
It’s worth it though!
Delirium is a great choice, I still haven’t read Before I fall.
Yara @ Once Upon a Twilight.com
Harry Potter and Before I Fall are on my list as well!:) And Delirium – that ending was so horribly tragic! I’m reading Pandemonium now, and just keep hoping for Lena to wake up and see that it was all a dream:(
The ending to Delirium made me so angry. How could she do that?? I’m sure it’ll all work out in the end but it was a hard ending to take.
Deathly Hallows was really hard for me to read because it did feel like I was watching my best friends die. Very sad…I have got to read Lauren Oliver’s work…it is everywhere with this topic.
Jennifer @ Feminist Fairytale Reviews
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The end of Delirium broke my heart but I cried at the end of Before I Fall. Have a box of tissues handy when you read that one.
YES on Harry Potter. Some ANIMALS shouldn’t die either! It’s always the pets that get me…
That’s what did me in in the beginning of the book. It was just so wrong! I don’t understand why she had to do it.
Awesome list! I’m so with you on Harry Potter. I knew people were going to die, but it still shocked me. I guess some things you can’t prepare for.
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I thought I was prepared but I was sooooooo wrong.
Wow,
I completely agree with most of these books. The ones I don’t, happen to be ones I have not read. I 200% agree on the Sweet Valley Confidential book! I loved those books growing up, and I was INSANELY excited to read an update on the lives of Liz and Jess, but I was SO disappointed! I mean, the characters I knew and loved were just not those people anymore…and that completely killed the book for me! :( Also, I agree with you on the Harry Potter inclusion – yes, it felt like loved ones were dying! :( Thanks for this awesome list! :D
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Yeah, Sweet Valley Confidential is probably one of the most disappointing books I’ve ever read. It broke my heart what happened to them.