I'm only endorsing this visual novel because it's the only story that's made me feel anything in a long time. When Toroko died, I thought "Boss defeated! Wait, I was supposed to be sad." When Curly died, I thought "Aw shit, that can't be good." When (Half-Life 2 Episode 2 has been out for almost 5 years, I feel comfortable saying this) Eli died, I thought "Fuuuuuck I'm definitely supposed to be sad, aren't I?"
Rin's story in Katawa Shoujo didn't make me cry but it certainly moved me. Which is impressive.
Now, I might have to spell this out for some of you dumbasses: if you cynically breeze through the novel expecting it to become magically spellbinding and make you cry your heart out just because you read it, stop it and go read Tom Clancy or something. You get out what you put in. If you are trying not to enjoy yourself, you won't. This should be fairly obvious but something makes me think it has to be said.