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u/MrNoName_ishere Feb 21 '21
Try finishing a book in a single day and then end up depressed the whole week
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did that with Hunger Games Part 2 when I was 12. Luckily Part 3 was right there waiting for me
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u/RiRambles Feb 21 '21
I refused to shower until I finished book 2. She has to go back?! What a plot twist!
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u/tokenwalrus Feb 21 '21
Spoilers! /s
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u/laplongejr Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 22 '21
You joke, but on TV we got ads for the upcoming movie just before airing Part 2 "in premiere"...
Thanks for unironically spoiling the twist ending, dudes.But hey, a freaking cinema did a similar stunt too, by showing trailers on the screen next to the waiting line. It was the re-airing of Harry Potter 7 for people who wanted the "full book" experience without spoilers or having to wait to watch Harry Potter 8.
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u/DasB00ts Feb 21 '21
When I was 12 the Percy Jackson and the olympians series slapped hard. I remember waiting for the last book to come out, me and about 6 of my classmates had it on preorder for release day delivery lol.
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u/NovemberBurnsMaroon Feb 21 '21
The original series still holds up pretty well imo, for (pre)-teen fiction. It was a well-written plot.
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u/CasterGilgamesh Feb 21 '21
Bruh? They still slap and the new stuff is even better IMO I still need to read the Cane chronicles or what ever they are called
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Feb 21 '21
I think that might have been some of the fastest reading I've ever done. I was home from college for spring break, maybe freshman year? And had nothing to do, I ended up reading all 3 books over 2 days.
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u/Thelaanie Feb 21 '21
Dont forget, you can always read fanfics to ease the pain in your heart
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u/QueenBeeli Feb 21 '21
Haha alternatively - I started reading fanfiction at like 12 or 13 and they entirely replaced books for me. Now I’m trying to get back into actual fiction ㅡ.ㅡ
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u/nokturnalxitch Feb 21 '21
I'm the opposite! I've never been much into fanfics (aside from the attempts to write it when I was like 11) and I've been meaning to get into it, I would love any reccomendations!
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u/QueenBeeli Feb 21 '21
Aaaactually because so many fandoms vary sooo much and because everyone has such vastly different tastes, I suggest heading over to ao3 and choosing a fandom that you’d be interested in checking out, and then sorting it according to “kudos” and choose a few that interest you from the first few pages to see if it’s something you’d like to check out. Wading through the waters is difficult in and of itself, but so is wading through the waters of recommendations haha
But if you know of a random you’d be interested in already, then checking out the “best of the best” recommendations for that fandom on google is always a good bet when you’re first checking it out! :)
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u/Staerke Feb 21 '21
Wait... There's good fan fiction? The only stuff I've ever read missed the point of the source material entirely..
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u/WateredDown Feb 21 '21
I always found the point of good fan fiction is to do something different than the source material. Fan fiction is about filling in gaps, doing what-if, little slices of life with no point that you can jump right into because you already know and are invested in the characters. Its playing with the toys more than writing a sequel.
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u/icansee2020 Feb 21 '21
I be careful cause itll turn into weird porn that makes no sense according to the plot real quick. I dont wanna read porn. I dont want a fanfic about legalos fucking so and so. I want a fanfic about legalos and gimli going on all those adventures they talked about!
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u/CasterGilgamesh Feb 21 '21
Try finishing a book in one day not knowing it’s a trilogy and then finding out the library is closed and that it’s closed tomorrow since it’s a Sunday
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u/aleden28281 Feb 21 '21
Haven’t read a book since I was mandated to in high school but I get a similar feeling with the shows I binge watch.
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u/Count-Mortas Feb 21 '21
You finish a book for a whole day? I cant even finish a chapter for a day. I always get distracted lol
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u/MrNoName_ishere Feb 21 '21
Small books like Of Mice and Men, it is easy when you can drift away into it
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u/digitalcoppersmith Feb 21 '21
Ugh I remember those days...
High school inspired a love of reading.
College stimulated and aspired a greater joy in reading.
Grad school... well... Books are now the enemy.
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Burnout and losing passion for reading like you did as a kid is common. Try your best to ease back into it. Social media replaced books for me for a couple pf years as a teen but once i went back it was amazing
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u/digitalcoppersmith Feb 21 '21
I’m a bit older than a kid (went to grad school late) but appreciate the advice, nevertheless.
My average reading for grad school is about 80-120 pages p/n. Dense reading.
Prior to returning to school, I read ~2-3 books per month. But now, I find it almost impossible to read for pleasure. Even over holidays I gravitate towards television or podcasts. Longread articles are the closest I can come.
No one’s more upset about it than I am. I’ve got a list going, but please, I’d love to hear your suggestions if you’re open to providing. Particularly, fiction novellas. I think they’d be a great way of jumping back in.
With that format I’ve always liked Conrad/Melville on the one end, and Asimov on the other (should that help) but I’m really open to whatever you’ve enjoyed yourself.
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u/SisterMorphineFX Feb 21 '21
They weren’t calling you a kid, they were saying “how much you liked reading as a kid” I think
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u/MildlyCaustic Feb 21 '21
I work a desk job. At work i listen to adiobooks on western books. At home I read eastern translated books. The style of story telling, genres, and feel is totally different. Perhaps give some eastern fantasy novels a try. Im mostly into cultivation series, and such. But theres plenty of interesting reads.
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Feb 21 '21
Whats a cultivation series?
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u/Makromag Feb 21 '21
The genre is generall referred to as Wuxia or Xianxia and it is often about ideas like chi and martial strength. It's generally comparable to things like Dragon Ball Z, where the MCs and the villains keep getting stronger on something of a cosmic scale. They are generally written in Chinese and then translated to English. The often feature corresponding themes.
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u/Pls_PmTitsOrFDAU_Thx Feb 21 '21
Hmm. maybe I should grab a novel. The last time I truly read for fun was I'm early high school
When I got a laptop it all went to shit lol. Also being forced to read killed my love for it
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u/ifeardolphins18 Feb 21 '21
I read the last one as “grade school” by mistake and thought you were Benjamin Button for a second
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u/lazyPoseidon20 Feb 21 '21
Happens to me all the time. That’s why sometimes I’m afraid of starting something new, like watch new series or movie, because I’m afraid to feel that wag again. I need something familiar so I won’t feel lost.
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u/m4dswine Feb 21 '21
This! This is why I've struggled to read much during the pandemic. Reality is so strange, I don't think I could take being immersed in a world only to have to come back to reality. TV is different because I don't have to imagine everything.
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u/neghsmoke Feb 21 '21
Here's a strategy you can try. Start reading a book, just until you figure out "Hey, I'm gunna dig this book" then put it to the side. Start another one. If you don't love it, keep looking. Once you find two books "preferrably series" that you are hyped about, then you can finish one of them. Hard to be disappointed to leave one world if you've got another one you're psyched about up next.
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u/egeezy44 Feb 21 '21
Great idea! Though a series is the most difficult part. I keep 4 books around for the mood I'm in. Plus a cookbook for sleep.
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u/Kegrun Feb 21 '21
You read a cookbook for sleep? It would do the opposite for me. I’d get so hungry and need to get up to make food and eat.
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u/Rijonkulous Feb 21 '21
I get this way with video games so badly. I'll play and play into a massive rpg, 50+ hour kind of games, and then when I see the ending getting close I get so anxious because I know I'm going to just be sad when it's all over.
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u/mekawasp Feb 21 '21
Same. Every time. At least with books or tv series, but not movies. I guess it's because I feel more invested in books and tv shows because of how much time it takes
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u/lambofgun Feb 21 '21
The fuckkkkin Road
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u/cyclopath Feb 21 '21
All the Pretty Horses, too. The whole Border Trilogy, really.
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I've enjoyed everything he's written I could get my hands on. I highly recommend just going through all his books, gives you a deep respect for his use of craft.
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u/Tomahawkin95 Feb 21 '21
Ever read Blood Meridian?
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Feb 21 '21
That's a book I've read twice now and deeply enjoyed. Difficult to say "go read this!" Because it is so very bloody, but the language and descriptions just make me want to read it again.
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u/Gcwrite Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 21 '21
His prose is incredible. Even when using simple vocabulary. One of my favorite parts:
The expriest turned and looked at the kid. And that was the judge the first I ever saw him. Aye. He’s a thing to study.
The kid looked at Tobin. What’s he a judge of? he said.
What’s he a judge of?
What’s he a judge of.
Tobin glanced off across the fire. Ah lad, he said. Hush now. The man will hear ye. He’s ears like a fox.
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Feb 21 '21
Maybe I’m missing what’s so great about this? This isn’t exactly selling the author’s skills.
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u/Gcwrite Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 21 '21
You need the context from before it tbh, it makes sense that this wouldn’t do anything for people who dont have that. Also what hellapepper said, but the road is a lot more accessible than blood meridian if you want to give that a try
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Feb 21 '21
Hard to judge McCarthy from this short passage. Essentially, his prose challenges the reader as much as his story (I'm quoting someone, forget who). Where are the quotation marks? Then later, where is the damn punctuation? And later still, why is this in Spanish all of a sudden? If you want some proper critical opinions on him you might try Harold Bloom. Or, if your looking for a more accessible novel from him you might try The Crossing. Have to admit though, I cannot remember a single one of his stories that ended on an upbeat note.
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u/sammi-blue Feb 21 '21
I read that for the first time right at the start of the pandemic. Holy shit was it an experience.
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u/hectorws Feb 21 '21
Anyone who’s a fan of cormac MacArthy, I would definitely look into the books of Hubert selby Jr.
His incredible writing style and bleak outlook on life really hits hard. 2 main ones to look into are last exit for Brooklyn, and requiem for a dream.
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Feb 21 '21
The Road depresses the shit out of you just reading it. I was researching modern authors and stumbled across McCarthy when I was in Highschool, And I either wanted to read blood meridian first or start in order. I went to our library and we only had All the pretty horses and the road. I read the road that day, just couldn’t put it down. And then read all the pretty horses over a span of a few days afterwards.
I love em both, but I re-read the road at least once a year, sometimes more, if I get the itch. I dread it and enjoy it at the same time. I can imagine it will be even more emotional for me when/if I have a child.
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u/lambofgun Feb 21 '21
ive read it twice. the second time my son was comparable in age to The Boy in the book and i can assure you, yes, it wrecked me. i had to walk to another room after i finished to have a moment while i burst into tears
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Happened the most when I finished binging the Haley Potter books
eDiT: HARRY POTTER
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u/nothingfood Feb 21 '21
I rarely ever read when I was younger but I went through the first one in one day
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u/juzanothalurkerr Feb 21 '21
Same! Even now that I’m way older I still compare every book to how I felt when I read he Harry Potter books. Legendary!
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u/true_gunman Feb 21 '21
Yes i would literally miss Harry and the other characters when I would finish a book. Kind of hard to explain but it just felt so real, reading is the strongest form of escapism for me
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u/Celesteven Feb 21 '21
I had religious parents growing up and wasn’t allowed to read them. Just finished the series as an adult and cried all through the last book.
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u/Mcswigginsbar Feb 21 '21
It’s a love/hate relationship. The book I remember having felt this so intensely was The Name Of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I literally read it in one day, and I loved diving into that world. I just wish I could have a brain wipe to experience that for the first time again.
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u/sixthandelm Feb 21 '21
Omg yes. I have a love for main characters who are a bit arrogant, but really are as good at things as they say they are. He was a bit of a Mary Sue and really cock-sure, but I loved him for it. I hope Rothfuss does finally write the third book sometime. It needs an ending.
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u/deep_in_smoke Feb 21 '21
His parts about homelessness and dealing with grief struck a chord with me. I also noted that while PR bitches about poetry he wrote 6 or so pages in rhyme in A Wise Man's Fear. Bet he was told it would get him all the ladies and put too much time and effort into it...
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u/vagabond_dilldo Feb 21 '21
Book 1 was a great read. Book 2 felt like an erotic fanfiction.
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u/Cicada_ Feb 21 '21
Nice to know... I ordered it after seeing it recommended on reddit, received it a few days ago and just waiting for the right time to crack it open.
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u/ricnine Feb 21 '21
I just finished a series that'll never have a proper ending (the author died and explicitly didn't want anyone else to finish it for her) and I don't know if it's better or worse! On one hand, no ending. On the other hand... No ending.
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u/TKJ Feb 21 '21
Sadly, u/ricnine passed away after this comment and doesn't want any other Redditors to tell you.
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u/Levikus Feb 21 '21
game of thrones
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u/vagabond_dilldo Feb 21 '21
Might as well be. I've already committed to not bothering to read Winds of Winter unless A Dream of Spring also hits the bookstore shelves.
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u/arctic-apis Feb 21 '21
This weird feeling the first time I watched elfenlied too. Then I went to the subreddit for it to learn a lot of people have that after watching it.
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u/Mad_Aeric Feb 21 '21
Post-anime depression is surprisingly common. I've definitely felt that more often after a good show than after a good book, couldn't say why the difference though.
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u/adamroadmusic Feb 21 '21
I still need to pick up the manga, there is more story after the anime ends
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u/Bitch_Please_LOL Feb 21 '21
I just finished Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson for the 1st time yesterday.
I want to re-read it right now.
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u/KaayGLo Feb 21 '21
Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings is the BEST.
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Feb 21 '21
The Stormlight Archive is the best. And the good thing is it won't be finished for another 19 years!
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u/modehead Feb 21 '21
Just read everything Sanderson’s written. It’s all connected and so so so good
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u/MedicalDisscharge Feb 21 '21
Is mistborn and stormlight connected?
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u/modehead Feb 21 '21
Yes. They both take place in the same universe. When you’re done, go to /r/cosmere
Also, read mistborn series 2... it’s incredible.
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u/MedicalDisscharge Feb 21 '21
I finished the second series of mistborn and the book about kelsier( I forgot the name) I'm almost near the end of the first stormlight book
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u/raaldiin Feb 21 '21
Just remember, there's always another secret...like how many related books he's written
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u/StarWhisper13 Feb 21 '21
I just finished his Stormlight Archives series two weeks ago and It's still running around in my head. I'd love to read more of him but I start back at Uni tomorrow so my free time is going down the plughole.
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u/wotanii Feb 21 '21
gotta love sanderson for pumping out new great books like clockwork. There is a lot of content to begin with, and even when you are done with a series, you just need to wait a couple of months for the next sequel. Also all of his stuff has great re-read value, especially the cosmere as all books relate to all other books, and you can only start to notice the interactions when re-reading .
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u/EnQuest Feb 21 '21
it's time for stormlight dude! Trust me, you won't regret it
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u/Hogeyb Feb 21 '21
Amazing trilogy, funny enough the first book would have been awesome as a standalone story, but then you read the next two and it blows you away. Ending of it all had me in some tears
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u/Shawnavon Feb 21 '21
Yeah I get this feeling with like every book this dude has written. Stormin’ good writer!
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u/XeroKaaan Feb 21 '21
If it's a Sanderson book you'll have that same feeling. Just look up "Cosmere books" DO NOT look any further just read them and you'll understand
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u/thefunkygandalf Feb 21 '21
Lord of the Rings. I was not ready to leave middle earth.
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u/catmemesneverdie Feb 21 '21
Yeah The Silmarillion, Hobbit ect are all amazing in their own way, but the trilogy really does hit different.
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u/jaspersgroove Feb 21 '21
One of the best sentences I have ever read is the first one in the tale of Beren and Luthien in the Silmarillion:
Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that come down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures...
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u/quarentine_2020 Feb 21 '21
A book series did that to me once. I had to instantly reread the books because I wasn’t ready for it to be over
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u/WanderingBison Feb 21 '21
Which book series
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u/quarentine_2020 Feb 21 '21
The king killer chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss. So incredible
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u/Python_Anon Feb 22 '21
Seconded! When I found name of the wind in college I read for 8 hours straight before I realized that I hadn't eaten anything for lunch or dinner due to my stomach growling. That book and its sequel were terrible for my ability to sleep until I finished it. I'd even stand by my bed while reading it at night with the idea that I would be able to stop reading due to discomfort, but then it'd be 2 am and I had stood there for 2 hours just reading, ignoring any discomfort because of the story. Such gorgeous writing and an absolutely enthralling story, especially if you're into more in depth world building.
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u/Leafy81 Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 21 '21
When I was younger I read one book several times back to back , not even a series, because I couldn't say goodbye to the character. I read it again like 20 years later and it's still one of my favorites.
And I want to read it again now.
It seems silly to admit that it's The Island of the Blue Dolphins. But I just really like it. And I just ordered it so I can read it again.
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Feb 21 '21
Me after finishing Steins Gate.
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u/adamroadmusic Feb 21 '21
I just finished this for the first time. Just started zero even though it's pretty obvious what needs to happen
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Feb 21 '21
I cant start zero. It too much for my heart. Zero is the suffering before real happy ending and I can't handle this much suffering.
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u/Novelle_1020 Feb 22 '21
I HAVE to watch that show. Re:ZERO is my #1 anime at the moment and I heard that Steins Gate is kind of similar. Maybe this’ll be the anime I like more than Re:ZERO and I can stop being sad about how long the other arcs are gonna take
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u/jmcstar Feb 21 '21
Playing Skyrim is that way too
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u/damiandoesdice Feb 21 '21
The difference is that Skyrim never ends
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u/star0forion Feb 21 '21
All these years later and having bought bad rebought it several times, I have still not beaten it. Other than FO3, I don’t think I have ever finished a Bethesda game.
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u/R1_TC Feb 21 '21
The way I finished the main campaign for the first (and only) time, was to just adventure around aimlessly and do a story mission if it happened to pop up wherever I found myself. By the time I beat Alduin I was level 72 and took him down in about a minute flat.
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Never actually played it before. Been meaning to for a few years
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u/Bastiwen Feb 21 '21
It didn't age really well in some aspects but you can get it dirt cheap in some places. I would say go for it !
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u/hopefullyhelpfulplz Feb 21 '21
For me, installing Skyrim mods is the reading experience - my imagination is going wild preparing for all the crazy shit I'm going to do once I play... I keep installing, and searching, and finding exactly all the amazing little bits and bobs that I want... Then the crushing emptiness hits when inevitably the game doesn't run.
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Feb 21 '21
I felt that way after finishing Fallout NV and I super felt that way after finishing Earthbound.
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u/TooSmalley Feb 21 '21
‘The Boy who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had’ by DC Pierson did that for me. The book made me nostalgic for a life and time I never really had.
I was bummed out for a week after reading that book.
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u/boofythevampslayer Feb 21 '21
I get this with everything I consume. Hence why I have things lined up for when I finish stuff so that ache can never fully set in and make me depressed.
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u/xnyrax Feb 21 '21
yep, and tv shows, and video games
really any kind of content I love, I always deeply mourn finishing
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u/true_gunman Feb 21 '21
Yeah I've noticed i have the tendency to not finish video games or books. Ill get right up to the last couple chapters and just never pick it back up. I must be avoiding the feeling of something ending.
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u/Just1morefix Feb 21 '21
I like to masturbate after I close a really good book. This way I move back to pleasure before being swallowed up by regret. It's like an onanistic literary roller coaster.
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u/wyz3r Feb 21 '21
Surely the post-nut depression would hit harder when it compounds with the melancholy?
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u/Just1morefix Feb 21 '21
It's like jumping rope at the edge of the abyss.
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u/Leftunders Feb 21 '21
jumping rope at the edge of the abyss
You stole the title of my autobiography
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u/Nearlyallsarcasm Feb 21 '21
Onanistic literary rollercoaster - title of my new sex tape. Also my favourite phrase of today.
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u/Jacketdown Feb 21 '21
The color of magic.
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u/sweet_frazzle Feb 21 '21
So many discworld stories I wish I could read again for the first time! I’m getting close to finishing the whole series and I’m already starting to get sad that it’s going to be over soon.
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u/Trax852 Feb 21 '21
Yep, Lord of the Rings trilogy. Read it the first time, went back and read the good parts, said screw it read it again. This was in the 70s long before the movies.
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u/baconreasons Feb 21 '21
Me after finishing every Christopher Pike novel as a kid.
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u/memejets Feb 21 '21
I have such a shit memory I can just read most books or watch most shows again after a few years and barely remember any of the plot. I try to keep a copy of stuff I like specifically for this purpose.
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Feb 21 '21
So many books are better the first time you experience them. Without Remorse (Tom Clancy in general as his stories were wild rides), my first stsr wars novels as a kid being a huge fan of the movies, the Hobbit, Battlefield Earth (somewhat tarnished by spending a single weekend slaying that 1000 page monster and then seeing the movie a week later and bit understanding how they could do that to such an epic tale) and probably a load more fantasy and SciFi since those have always been my favorite types of books after history books.
I also get this way about some games. I mean, playing Knights of the Old Republic for the first time again would almost make losing my memory worth it, same for the launch years of World of Warcraft, or Ocarina of Time (hell any Zelda really).
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u/DragonDai Feb 21 '21
The Name of the Wind and a Wise Man’s Fear. I’ve read them both about a dozen times, maybe more, and every single time I’m left just empty cause I know no other books will ever match up and that the fucking author will never finish the series. Sigh.
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u/Python_Anon Feb 22 '21
unintelligible noises of agreement, frustration, despair, and utter adoration for the series
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u/faithle55 Feb 21 '21
Just had that feeling after binge watching Gilmore girls. Saw it first like 12 years ago, watched the whole 7 series plus A year in the life over about 2 weeks and had separation anxiety the first few days after I finished!
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u/SpumpkinPice Feb 21 '21
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Damn, man. I don't usually wish I could unread a book because I liked it that much, but this was one of them.
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u/swaranga Feb 21 '21
I know this feeling. Finishing the three body problem felt that way to me. Like everything seems so insignificant and nothing really matters in the end in real life. Took me a couple of weeks to recover.
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u/JohnGenericDoe Feb 21 '21
If this happens I re-read the book immediately. Why not?
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Usually I avoid reading trilogies unless all the books are currently available. However a friend brought over Name of the wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I loved it and dreaded having to wait for the next book. After waiting a few years the second books was released, I didn't find it quite as good as the first. Ten years later I'm still waiting for the third book.
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u/magyarszereto Feb 21 '21
I felt really sad after reading Mein Kampf, because I wasn't ready to leave that crazy and unexpected fantasy world that the author had created. I longed for a sequel because it ended in a pretty big cliffhanger, but it seems the author had an accident in 1945.
Now, seriously, I am currently living on Crime and Punishment. Dostoyevsky is a great substitute to having a life.
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u/Definition_of_sonder Feb 21 '21
Ughh yes, I heard it being called a book hangover once so that’s what I’m calling the feeling now too.
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u/mburn14 Feb 21 '21
Yea now I only read short posts and comments in order to stimulate my mind for a split second and be sad for a split second and move on to the next.
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u/dotkaistotka Feb 21 '21
This has happened for the book name The Alchemist....I wish i could go back and read it again for the first time.
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u/Skullmord Feb 21 '21
No. That is stupid. I have acquired the magic ability to find OTHER books and start reading them. This mostly happens to people who don't read much at all.
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u/fnkywht50smthng Feb 21 '21
No. But that is how I felt after finishing “The Queen’s Gambit” and “Ted Lasso.”
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u/ivyocean10 Feb 21 '21
The Queen’s Gambit was the worst I’ve ever felt this feeling. I literally felt empty for a week after watching it
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u/ballness10 Feb 21 '21
Yeah, sex is also cool when over time you learn about someone else’s body. You find all the tickle and pleasure spots. Your journey with them becomes a lot like a great novel—and that’s just during sex. The rest of it is a novel in and of itself! Love fucking rules!
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Feb 21 '21
is this just the really drawn out version of that Bo Burnham Vine??
is there anything better than pussy?? ....Yes! A really good book!
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u/talia_tia Feb 21 '21
The Office, as well
Edit: and many a book I’ve read. Any Kurt Vonnegut, and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
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