Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the awesome ladies at The Broke and the Bookish. Apparently, they are overly fond of list-making and love to share their bookish lists with the rest of us book nerds. =) We're game.
This week's topic is the Top Ten Books That Were Hard For Me To Read...because of the difficulty of the book, the subject matter, because it was cringeworthy -- however you want to interpret.
April's Picks:
Good by S. Walden - This one wasn't necessarily hard for me, but I know that it would be hard for others because it deals with a teacher student romance.
Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma - This story has incest. Brother and Sister, and it's not sugar coated at all. It was an excellent book.
A Death Struck Year by Makiia Lucier - Spanish Influenza. That shit is scary. I couldn't stop thinking about what I would do if something like that broke out now. With a six year old... these types of stories scare the living shit out of me.
Me Since You by Laura Wiess - This book was so sad and depressing, it broke my heart.
Jen's Picks:
Which books did you find it difficult to read? Be sure to share a link to your TTT post so we can visit!
From your list, I think I found Forbidden the hardest to read. At one point, you're actually rooting for the two because they're kind of cute, but on the other hand you're thinking "If I ever feel this way about my brother, shoot me now".
ReplyDeleteI also really enjoyed The Book Thief, and The Fault In Our Stars was okay (DON'T SHOOT ME).
Forbidden! I was so hoping I'd see this on a list. It was SUCH a hard book to read, I agree, but I loved it. How raw and disturbing and beautiful it was!
ReplyDeleteForbidden was #1 on my list. So good, but so hard to read.
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Forbidden. God. I kept having to do gut-checks while I was reading that book.
ReplyDeleteI'm seeing Forbidden everywhere and that totally makes sense. It really was a hard book for me to read as well. So many conflicting feelings. But really what killed me was the ending. I was so not okay with it. Not okay at all.
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Chelsea @ Books Turn Brains
Me Since You made my list too. Holy depressing book!!! Forbidden is one of those books that seems like everyone who reads it loves it, but I don't think I could handle reading about that subject.
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I think everyone chose the fault in our stars
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http://hauntedgravebooks.blogspot.com/2014/09/top-ten-tuesday-books-that-were-hard-to.html
Oh man, Hopeless is brutal. I love it though. And I'm in the mood to re-read TSoT again. I love Josh Bennett.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, The Book Thief was completely hard to read...I mean, especially when in the end we're just lying on the floor sobbing. AND SAME WITH TFIOS. I had a seriously difficult time with Stolen too. It actually just made me really uncomfortable. *shivers* I do want to read Sea of Tranquility though.
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I also found The Book Thief hard to read - it's so difficult to read about the injustice so many people faced during that time.
ReplyDeleteAs for TFIOS: when I got the book, I had no idea it had such a hard ending. I actually flew through the book (sure, it was sad, but John Green is just such a great writer!), only to be blindsided by the last few chapters.
My TTT: http://sarahcantstopreading.blogspot.com/2014/09/top-ten-books-that-were-hard-for-me-to.html
Oh yes, The Fault in Our Stars definitely! So at too. And You Since me was a toughy as well. Great picks, ladies!
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