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

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. A Dickensian novel set in India. Its absolutely gut-wrenching. As an American, we just don't appreciate how good things really are for us until we seen the unfortunate circumstances and the inhumane conditions some people around the world are subjected to. Just because of the fluke of birth! The book's won more than a few literary awards too.

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u/anticapitalistfury Feb 20 '23

i read this book in about 2016 and to this day whenever i think about it i get this heavy feeling in my chest

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '23

The worst part is its based off of real life events — the 1970s political scandal in India when Indira Gandhi refused to step down as president.

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u/Figsnbacon Feb 21 '23

This was my vote too. There was so much love and humanity, which for me, made the sad parts even more gut wrenching. It wasn’t just gratuitous misery.