Crying Is A Free Action

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Crying Is A Free Action

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Someone innocently asks for book recommendations that made you cry, and the response? "Data Structures and Algorithms in Java (2nd Edition)." Because nothing says emotional devastation quite like trying to implement a balanced binary search tree at 2 AM while questioning every life choice that led you to CS.

The hardcover is $33.89-$45.04, but the therapy sessions you'll need after chapter 7 on graph algorithms? Priceless. That purple nautical-themed cover has haunted more students than any horror novel ever could. The real kicker is that 4-star rating—clearly left by people with Stockholm syndrome.

Fun fact: Data structures textbooks are the only books where you cry going in AND coming out, but for completely different reasons. First from the price tag, then from the content.

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