A book that has disturbed/depressed you too much

[Kia]

Yeah, I had to read metamorphosis in high school. I did not enjoy it one bit.

[lily_kh87]

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and The Perfume by Patrick Süskind

[Kourtney Bradley]

I started reading a book a few years ago called Little Face, and I was unable to finish. It's about a mother who has given birth, and after several weeks, finally decides to leave the house alone for a little bit. When she returns, she is shocked to find that her baby is not her baby. No one believes her, including her husband.
I've read other things much more disturbing, but for some reason this one really hit me.

[AT+rmarathon[16]]

That would be ...Toni Morrison's book Beloved...it has an eerie feeling to it, plus one cannot comprehend the amount of violence inflicted on the minds and bodies of african american slaves..makes us feel thankful for the freedom, that we often tend to take for granted

[Dashkova]

I started reading a book a few years ago called Little Face, and I was unable to finish. It's about a mother who has given birth, and after several weeks, finally decides to leave the house alone for a little bit. When she returns, she is shocked to find that her baby is not her baby. No one believes her, including her husband.
I've read other things much more disturbing, but for some reason this one really hit me.

That sounds like a really interesting book.

Clive Barker's Books of Blood were very disturbing when I read them way back in college. Crazy guy that Clive.

I know this is a really old post, I was just talking to my mom last night about how much she loves Clive Barker's books and she said the story of his that creeped her out the most was a Books of Blood one called the Life of Death. I just added it to my reading list.

The most depressing book that I have ever read is called Kolyma Tales; it's a nonfictional book of anecdotes from the author's Gulag imprisonments. Really not cheery reading especially since it's true stories, plus the author really has a way of telling the stories in a very stark fashion that makes them hit even harder. That being said though it's actually one of my favorite books and if you're depressed it will really cheer you up and minimize your problems because you will just feel so grateful that you're not in a forced labor camp lol.

[DATo]

The most depressing book that I have ever read is called Kolyma Tales; it's a nonfictional book of anecdotes from the author's Gulag imprisonments. Really not cheery reading especially since it's true stories, plus the author really has a way of telling the stories in a very stark fashion that makes them hit even harder. That being said though it's actually one of my favorite books and if you're depressed it will really cheer you up and minimize your problems because you will just feel so grateful that you're not in a forced labor camp lol.

I recently finished Dostoyevsky's novel, The House Of The Dead which was a thinly veiled memoir of Dostoyevsky's own imprisonment in a Siberian labor camp for four years. It too was a very disturbing account of the dreadful conditions and corporal punishments the prisoners endured.

[Dashkova]

^^I read your post about it and it made me think of Kolyma Tales!

[CrescentMoon]

I got extremely depressed after reading "The Music Box" by Heather Meyer. This is a very emotional and sweet story and it's actually really well-written. However, it was such a tear-jerker and I was emotionally wrecked after reading it. I have to be in a certain kind of mood to read these types of books because I was so depressed afterwards.

[Amna Khalid]

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

[Rosemary Owolabi]

I haven't come across that kind of book yet, that is why I pick my book carefully, if there is something off about it, I drop it.

[Kanika Tandon]

I got depressed just reading the blurb of a book I had a chance to review. I passed on it because I couldn't bring myself to even comprehend the blurb. It was pretty trigger-ery for me if that's a word. Suffice to say I was depressed.

[Rosemary Owolabi]

I am sorry but it happened to me when I was still young, I can't remember the title but I still remembered how it made me feel. Awful and sad.

[Bridgette C 2]

None, but I had been disturbed of my want to get a copy of Percy Jackson series set. I was crying for a day because my mama won't buy me the books

[Jolaade Idowu]

I was very disturbed when I read Phantoms by Dean Koontz. I couldn't complete the book. It was that scary.

[Owuamanam Eberechukwu]

I was very disturbed by the book 'The Stand' by Stephen King and actually had to stop reading it when I was almost halfway through because it was causing me sleepless nights and I used to feel depressed after reading a few pages. Are there any such books in your experience, would like to know so that I can stay away them

Robert Greene The act of Seduction. I was disturbed a little. However, the book is practical and too blunt. It’s political anyway.