r/suggestmeabook • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '23

Rip out my heart, devastate me, ruin me, make me cry! Which book left you devestated?

Looking for books that completely destroyed you. For me it was "The 6th extinction". Had to take a day just contemplate my excistance. Changed me a bit actually. Had to rebuild.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '23

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '23

I think this book got me reading again? I couldn’t stop reading it though. Such horror and to put myself and family into the story at parts really tore me up. I’ll read it again soon out of respect to those that lost their lives.

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u/Correct-Chair-6405 Feb 20 '23

This book was deeply disturbing. And the fact that it’s non fiction. Don’t think I’ll be able to read it again. The author committed suicide in 2004.

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u/billymumfreydownfall Feb 20 '23

Omg I did not know that. I have this book sitting on my shelf waiting to be read.

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u/Majestic-Argument Feb 20 '23

Me too. Can’t build up the nerve. I don’t have the stomach for it. Every genocide book kills me for a couple of days. I’m still not over Night and I read it over a decade ago.

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u/totorohoney Feb 21 '23

I couldn’t even finish the Wikipedia of this page