The Eye of the Hunter, by Dennis L. McKiernan. The ending of the book reduced me to tears, and the book itself is what inspired me to write.
One HELL of a book.
One HELL of a book.
Yeah, that was a good bit, from what I heard from Jim himself, James Marsters had to re-record that particular part multiple times for the audiobook, because he kept getting choked up by it. To which Jim responded with a fist pump and "Yes! I made Spike cry!! I love my job!" xDCowabungaa said:Sad feels? I can only really think of one example; The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry.
The whole book had a melancholic feel for it. It had good times, bad times, but the end goal was never out of sight. I don't think it was a specific thing that made me choke up, not even the ending itself, but the closer the book got to finishing at one point I got this strange mix of sad-happy feelings for what Harold was going through. God I love that book...The latest book, Skin Game, got me notably close to that. Even more so than that thing in Changes. Mostly because it's a real looking-back-at-roads-traveled type deal, showing Harry's character development, the situation they're in now. And thenTakerFoxx said:The Dresden Files do this a lot, especially the end of Changes.he finally dares to get close to Maggie and ho god my heart.
Didn't read the book, but saw the movie, and that scene gave me the tears quite well. That was actually the point where I said to myself "Ok, this movie isn't great, but it's not bad either." It's had some genuinely good scenes in it, and this scene just made me cry. So good on it. It succeeded at playing with my emotions, which means it's doing it's job well.Auron225 said:The Hunger Games (first one) did that to me;
Rue's death absolutely ruined me. It haunted me for days.
Oh god, The Book of the Fallen. Too many feels I say!!! Dust of Dreams and Crippled God are in a league of their own though, so enjoy thatRedDeadFred said:Currently on Dust of Dreams in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. It's had many feels moments throughout so I'll just pick some of the biggest ones:
The end of the Chain of Dogs. To come within sight of their final goal only to be so utterly betrayed and have the entire army slaughtered was one of the biggest gut-punches I've ever experienced in fiction. We spend the entire book with these soldiers, getting to know and admire many of them and then they're just snuffed out in a terrible way.Kallor's betrayal of the alliance against he Pannion Seer. Okay, you could see is betrayal coming from a mile away in his POV sections, but to have him cut down one of my favourite characters (Whiskeyjack) was brutal. Also, Itkovian taking on the burden of the T'lan Imass was incredible.The end when the Adjunct Tavore cuts down her own sister, Felesin, without even knowing it. It's made all the worse knowing that a lot of what Felesin did was started off by Tavore's actions at the beginning of Deadhouse Gates. Tavore did for her what she thought was best, but it ended up going far worse than she realizes.This book was huge on feels moments and as a result, is probably my favourite book (along with Reaper's Gale actually) in the series. I'll just list off some of the major ones:
-Rhulad Sengar's transformation throughout the book
-Several heated discussions between brother's Fear and Trull Sengar
-Rhulad demanding Fear's wife for himself
-Tehol Beddict almost dying and seeing Bugg's rage and then relief to have him alive
-Brys Beddict's death
-Hull Beddict's entire character
-Trull trying to do the honourable thing in the end when the reader knows exactly what will come of it
-Basically, the entire transformation of the Tiste Edur people.The betrayals and Malaz city. After seeing everything the Bonehunters had gone through in this book, to have their empire basically abandon them was awful. At least this army's betrayal wasn't meat with the deaths of many beloved characters since Tavore had anticipated something like this.Similar to Midnight Tides, this one has a lot:
-Toc being killed and having his face cut off moments before his friends arrive to save him.
-Trull being cut down while lamenting over Rhulad's corpse. Trull was probably my favourite character in the whole series so this stung the most.
-Udinaas actually getting a fairly happy ending and getting to spend time with his son.
-Fear's death. He basically reenacts the very thing that caused the schism between the Edur and Andii only this time, he's swiftly killed. He believed he was doing the right thing, but as we shortly discovered, his last act was incredibly pointless and would have been detrimental to an entire realm. It's made all the worse knowing that he was one of the most honourable characters in the entire series and his final act is betrayal.
-Beak's sacrifice to save the marines.
-Happy feels came in the form of the ending with Tehol and Bugg. Tehol meeting the Adjunct in his bloodied blanket was much needed comic relief after the insanity that had just occured.Anomander Rake's sacrifice to bring Mother Dark back to his people. Not only do we lose an amazing character, but the gift that he gave his people is incredible. It wasn't until this book that I began to understand the Tiste Andii mindset of losing their god. Any chapter involving them seemed to have a pervasive bleakness. Hopefully this will start to be alleviated now that Mother Dark has embraced her children once again. To be honest, the entire climax of this book is one feels moment after another, but this stuck out the most. Also, the Deaths of Mallet and Bluepearl earlier in the book hit me pretty hard
too.
I'll definitely be reading the other books after I'm finished the main series. I'm still pissed about Korbolo Dom and Mallick Rel, so I need to see how all of those plotlines end up panning out.Plasmadamage said:Oh god, The Book of the Fallen. Too many feels I say!!! Dust of Dreams and Crippled God are in a league of their own though, so enjoy thatRedDeadFred said:Currently on Dust of Dreams in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. It's had many feels moments throughout so I'll just pick some of the biggest ones:
The end of the Chain of Dogs. To come within sight of their final goal only to be so utterly betrayed and have the entire army slaughtered was one of the biggest gut-punches I've ever experienced in fiction. We spend the entire book with these soldiers, getting to know and admire many of them and then they're just snuffed out in a terrible way.Kallor's betrayal of the alliance against he Pannion Seer. Okay, you could see is betrayal coming from a mile away in his POV sections, but to have him cut down one of my favourite characters (Whiskeyjack) was brutal. Also, Itkovian taking on the burden of the T'lan Imass was incredible.The end when the Adjunct Tavore cuts down her own sister, Felesin, without even knowing it. It's made all the worse knowing that a lot of what Felesin did was started off by Tavore's actions at the beginning of Deadhouse Gates. Tavore did for her what she thought was best, but it ended up going far worse than she realizes.This book was huge on feels moments and as a result, is probably my favourite book (along with Reaper's Gale actually) in the series. I'll just list off some of the major ones:
-Rhulad Sengar's transformation throughout the book
-Several heated discussions between brother's Fear and Trull Sengar
-Rhulad demanding Fear's wife for himself
-Tehol Beddict almost dying and seeing Bugg's rage and then relief to have him alive
-Brys Beddict's death
-Hull Beddict's entire character
-Trull trying to do the honourable thing in the end when the reader knows exactly what will come of it
-Basically, the entire transformation of the Tiste Edur people.The betrayals and Malaz city. After seeing everything the Bonehunters had gone through in this book, to have their empire basically abandon them was awful. At least this army's betrayal wasn't meat with the deaths of many beloved characters since Tavore had anticipated something like this.Similar to Midnight Tides, this one has a lot:
-Toc being killed and having his face cut off moments before his friends arrive to save him.
-Trull being cut down while lamenting over Rhulad's corpse. Trull was probably my favourite character in the whole series so this stung the most.
-Udinaas actually getting a fairly happy ending and getting to spend time with his son.
-Fear's death. He basically reenacts the very thing that caused the schism between the Edur and Andii only this time, he's swiftly killed. He believed he was doing the right thing, but as we shortly discovered, his last act was incredibly pointless and would have been detrimental to an entire realm. It's made all the worse knowing that he was one of the most honourable characters in the entire series and his final act is betrayal.
-Beak's sacrifice to save the marines.
-Happy feels came in the form of the ending with Tehol and Bugg. Tehol meeting the Adjunct in his bloodied blanket was much needed comic relief after the insanity that had just occured.Anomander Rake's sacrifice to bring Mother Dark back to his people. Not only do we lose an amazing character, but the gift that he gave his people is incredible. It wasn't until this book that I began to understand the Tiste Andii mindset of losing their god. Any chapter involving them seemed to have a pervasive bleakness. Hopefully this will start to be alleviated now that Mother Dark has embraced her children once again. To be honest, the entire climax of this book is one feels moment after another, but this stuck out the most. Also, the Deaths of Mallet and Bluepearl earlier in the book hit me pretty hard
too.
Aside for bits you havent got to yet, i agree with pretty much every point you made, and a few besides; watching Crokus realise that he'd made himself into somebody who didn't belong in Darujhistan anymore, anything involving Tool or Toc, and watching the Jaghut uphold their pacifism to the point of borderline extinction are all high (low?) points for me.
Also Icarium..... poor fucking Icarium
On the plus side, at least we got Bottle, the least OP mage in the series and genuinely relatable looser.
I seriously recommend you read the Tales of the Malazan Empire boks too when youre finished with the main series, they tell the plot from a completely different perspective and are a lot smaller and more character focussed. Cue even more gutpunches
Yeah, that part was really touching. I hadn't heard that about Marsters, and that's just awesome!Happyninja42 said:Yeah, that was a good bit, from what I heard from Jim himself, James Marsters had to re-record that particular part multiple times for the audiobook, because he kept getting choked up by it. To which Jim responded with a fist pump and "Yes! I made Spike cry!! I love my job!" xDCowabungaa said:.The latest book, Skin Game, got me notably close to that. Even more so than that thing in Changes. Mostly because it's a real looking-back-at-roads-traveled type deal, showing Harry's character development, the situation they're in now. And thenTakerFoxx said:The Dresden Files do this a lot, especially the end of Changes.he finally dares to get close to Maggie and ho god my heart.
More Crimson Guard!!! More Darujistahn!!! More Seguleh!!!!! Wooooooooooooooooo!RedDeadFred said:I'll definitely be reading the other books after I'm finished the main series. I'm still pissed about Korbolo Dom and Mallick Rel, so I need to see how all of those plotlines end up panning out.Plasmadamage said:Oh god, The Book of the Fallen. Too many feels I say!!! Dust of Dreams and Crippled God are in a league of their own though, so enjoy thatRedDeadFred said:Currently on Dust of Dreams in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. It's had many feels moments throughout so I'll just pick some of the biggest ones:
The end of the Chain of Dogs. To come within sight of their final goal only to be so utterly betrayed and have the entire army slaughtered was one of the biggest gut-punches I've ever experienced in fiction. We spend the entire book with these soldiers, getting to know and admire many of them and then they're just snuffed out in a terrible way.Kallor's betrayal of the alliance against he Pannion Seer. Okay, you could see is betrayal coming from a mile away in his POV sections, but to have him cut down one of my favourite characters (Whiskeyjack) was brutal. Also, Itkovian taking on the burden of the T'lan Imass was incredible.The end when the Adjunct Tavore cuts down her own sister, Felesin, without even knowing it. It's made all the worse knowing that a lot of what Felesin did was started off by Tavore's actions at the beginning of Deadhouse Gates. Tavore did for her what she thought was best, but it ended up going far worse than she realizes.This book was huge on feels moments and as a result, is probably my favourite book (along with Reaper's Gale actually) in the series. I'll just list off some of the major ones:
-Rhulad Sengar's transformation throughout the book
-Several heated discussions between brother's Fear and Trull Sengar
-Rhulad demanding Fear's wife for himself
-Tehol Beddict almost dying and seeing Bugg's rage and then relief to have him alive
-Brys Beddict's death
-Hull Beddict's entire character
-Trull trying to do the honourable thing in the end when the reader knows exactly what will come of it
-Basically, the entire transformation of the Tiste Edur people.The betrayals and Malaz city. After seeing everything the Bonehunters had gone through in this book, to have their empire basically abandon them was awful. At least this army's betrayal wasn't meat with the deaths of many beloved characters since Tavore had anticipated something like this.Similar to Midnight Tides, this one has a lot:
-Toc being killed and having his face cut off moments before his friends arrive to save him.
-Trull being cut down while lamenting over Rhulad's corpse. Trull was probably my favourite character in the whole series so this stung the most.
-Udinaas actually getting a fairly happy ending and getting to spend time with his son.
-Fear's death. He basically reenacts the very thing that caused the schism between the Edur and Andii only this time, he's swiftly killed. He believed he was doing the right thing, but as we shortly discovered, his last act was incredibly pointless and would have been detrimental to an entire realm. It's made all the worse knowing that he was one of the most honourable characters in the entire series and his final act is betrayal.
-Beak's sacrifice to save the marines.
-Happy feels came in the form of the ending with Tehol and Bugg. Tehol meeting the Adjunct in his bloodied blanket was much needed comic relief after the insanity that had just occured.Anomander Rake's sacrifice to bring Mother Dark back to his people. Not only do we lose an amazing character, but the gift that he gave his people is incredible. It wasn't until this book that I began to understand the Tiste Andii mindset of losing their god. Any chapter involving them seemed to have a pervasive bleakness. Hopefully this will start to be alleviated now that Mother Dark has embraced her children once again. To be honest, the entire climax of this book is one feels moment after another, but this stuck out the most. Also, the Deaths of Mallet and Bluepearl earlier in the book hit me pretty hard
too.
Aside for bits you havent got to yet, i agree with pretty much every point you made, and a few besides; watching Crokus realise that he'd made himself into somebody who didn't belong in Darujhistan anymore, anything involving Tool or Toc, and watching the Jaghut uphold their pacifism to the point of borderline extinction are all high (low?) points for me.
Also Icarium..... poor fucking Icarium
On the plus side, at least we got Bottle, the least OP mage in the series and genuinely relatable looser.
I seriously recommend you read the Tales of the Malazan Empire boks too when youre finished with the main series, they tell the plot from a completely different perspective and are a lot smaller and more character focussed. Cue even more gutpunches