#6: A book that makes you sad

Anyone who has read it will agree: Sonya Hartnett's Butterfly.

Oh. My. God. That book makes me sad on so many levels. There's the terrible ache of loneliness and desolation. The cruelty of peers, especially at the sensitive time of adolescence when it stings the most. And just the fact that this sort of emotional isolation probably happens to thousands of people every day.

Other books that make me sad are also Hartnett books: Of a Boy and Surrender. A cheerful writer she ain't, but I'm still compelled to read her novels because they are so well written, so subtly does she twist the knife.

Here's a great interview Jo Case did with Hartnett for Readings Bookshop on Butterfly.

Day 07 – Most underrated book
Day 08 – Most overrated book
Day 09 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 10 – Favourite classic book
Day 11 – A book you hated
Day 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore
Day 13 – Your favourite writer
Day 14 – Favourite book of your favourite writer
Day 15 – Favourite male character
Day 16 – Favourite female character
Day 17 – Favourite quote from your favourite book
Day 18 – A book that disappointed you
Day 19 – Favourite book turned into a movie
Day 20 – Favourite romance book
Day 21 – Favourite book from your childhood
Day 22 – Favourite book you own
Day 23 – A book you've wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
Day 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read
Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 – Favourite title
Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 – Your favourite book of all time

I'd like to thank Sarah Jansen for her tweet about this, as well as The Literary Gothamite and Confessions of a Book Lush for the good idea.