Bookworm Week: Tuesday

BOOKS THAT MADE ME CRY LIKE A BABY
Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro
The Fault in Our Stars- John Green

I don't understand us girls' obsession with having a good cry from time to time, and I cry more than most people. Maybe it clears out the pipes? Anyway...
Two books that  I needed a good sized box of tissues to get through are these two.

I first read 'Never Let Me Go' on holiday after I had bought it in the airport, I had already seen the film but the story was so bittersweet and tragically beautiful that I just had to read the book as well. It was really easy to read, the words that the author uses are pretty straightforward and simple and it's really easy to follow. It is narrated by Kathy who takes right through from when she is a little girl through to herself as a fully grown adult. I'm not going to lie, it's one of those books that makes you want to curl up into a little ball while you try not to cry and then have a good wailing session.
Also I more than recommend the film as well, it features Carey Mulligan as Kathy, Keira Knightley as Ruth and the gorgeous Andrew Garfield as Tommy. I was a little bit disappointed that the book and the film have different endings, and although my favourite ending is the film, that's probably just because the books ending is even more heart breaking.

This one is probably no shock at all. I know that it's been everywhere recently, everyone knows the story, most people have also seen the new film and we can all admit to having a good cry over it. I picked up 'The Fault in Our Stars' after my boyfriend surprised me with it, he'd heard good things about it and knew that I wanted to read it so just dropped it into my handbag one night.
I thought it was a story about the 'C' word. But it's really not, it's a story about living, it just happens to be that the main character has cancer. I didn't cry at the end, I cried about half way through for a bit but then the ending was so positively handled and uplifted that I couldn't cry at it. I haven't gotten round to seeing the film and I don't think I'm quite ready for it yet but I have heard some great things about it.