What makes a book sad? It has to be more than "and then bad stuff happened", so what is it that touches you and makes you feel for the characters?

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Anonymous Tue Jan 22 10:59:35 2013 No.3385609 [DELETED]

What makes a book sad?

It has to be more than "and then bad stuff happened", so what is it that touches you and makes you feel for the characters?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 22 11:00:06 2013 No.3385613 when the writing is good enough to make you feel the way the characters do

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 22 11:02:54 2013 No.3385622 A book is sad when it's so bad that you become sad over what its popularity indicates.

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>>	King Milkfart !!vdE6KJiYWqd Tue Jan 22 11:36:11 2013 No.3385710 >>3385609 >What makes a book sad? When the character(s) in the book are fleshed-out enough that when they feel grief and sorrow you genuinely feel sorry for them and understand why they feel as they do.

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