Can you cry while reading?

@hireshd (490)
India
December 12, 2009 10:13pm CST
Do you get too much engrossed while reading a novel and if it captivates your mind can you make you cry due to the story, it happens with me that while I am watching I may feel very sad but when it comes to a book it never makes me feel like crying but I have one of my cousin who cries while reading and his eyes are wet due this. Does it happen with you?
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
14 Dec 09
I think I am very emotional. It is easy for me to drop tears to see some moving parts. In fact I can even cry when I read the comics and cartoons. So it is not strange if I cry when I read a novel. I love China
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
14 Dec 09
There are sad comics?
• United States
13 Dec 09
I can't say I've ever cried reading a book. I am not an openly emotional person and there is often a great deal of preparation before a sad moment in a book. Sometimes a single sad moment can take three or four pages to come to a head and by then, you kind of already know what's going to happen just maybe not exactly how. With a movie, those four pages are condensed into just a few minutes so the sadness comes as more of a blow. Plus I do most of my reading in a public place and I'd look a little silly sobbing over my book in the middle of Starbucks. I do sometimes laugh at funny parts in books. They seem to be more sudden and unexpected and it's harder not to react outwardly.
• United States
13 Dec 09
Have you ever read Marley and Me? Are you a big animal person? If you are you should definitely check out Marley and Me (the book--movie was good but not as good as reading the book!!) I cried like the biggest baby while I was reading it...I also cry every time I watch the movie...okay AND I cried when I listened to the audio book...lol. But I am just a big animal person and sad animal stories always affect me. And Marley and Me is definitely the saddest I've read. (It also made me laugh out loud a lot too).
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
14 Dec 09
Sometimes during a really good audiobook I can feel like I might cry. But during books and movies I don't tend to actually cry. With a paperback, I cannot gather any feeling from it but I am most likely to cry while reading a paperback because I get extremely frustrated with reading and that will make me cry.
@squaretile (3778)
• Singapore
14 Dec 09
yes there have been many times that I cry during reading. Especially when it's about little children. IT's a little embarassing but I guess i'm an emotional person. it's worse when i'm on a plane or something and there are people very close by.
• China
14 Dec 09
hi,hireshe,i often cry just for the story when i reading.and i tell my friends about it,they would smile me ,i don't why,just easy affect by the story.
• Philippines
14 Dec 09
I actually don't read novels. For me, it sounds very boring so I haven't ever tried crying while reading any books.
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
13 Dec 09
there have been times when i havev cried while I was reading a book simply because the book had that much of an impact on my life and had the possiblity of changing my life.
@jlamela (4898)
• Philippines
13 Dec 09
Yes, I cried sometimes if I read sentimental novels, it happens all the time. I am too emotional so when I read something that really touched my heart, then I will really shed tears. I cannot recall what novels I cried most, but usually if it is super drama story that's the time that my tears really fall.
• United States
13 Dec 09
It has happened in the past. But not anymore. I really did used to get engrossed in reading and some books were extra special and I was sensitive about them. And the endings were awful because I didn't want them to end!
• Australia
14 Dec 09
The last book I read that made me cry was "Almost Heaven" by Judith McNaught.The hero was so mean it really made me cry.Yeah...I used quite a few tissues after reading that book. Crying makes my eyes puffy and gives me a runny nose,not a pretty sight!!!
• United States
13 Dec 09
I do all the time. It seems kind of sappy, but I get so involved in what I'm reading. I can read the same book several times and, even knowing what is going to happen, still start bawling my eyes out. I tend to be an emotional type person anyway though. I even cry watching movies.