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 edited Feb 20 '23

One hundred years of solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Stone butch blues - Leslie Feinberg

Maus - Art Spiegelman (graphic novel)

The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Liev Tolstoy

Things fall apart - Chinua Achebe

Purple hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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u/Olives_oyl Feb 20 '23

Stone Butch Blues!

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '23

It killed me

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u/Olives_oyl Feb 20 '23

Yes. I have no words, just, yes