That's so odd! I'm the complete opposite. Provided that they're well written, I always seem to empathise with my characters and get a little too attached to them. Yep, I'm that person that cries at the end of books when their favourite character dies or sacrifices themselves for the greater good.
I've always loved how everyone has a different outlook on a book after reading it. It's what makes them fun to talk about
I'm the same way. I cried and get angry and become overly attached to characters. And I don't usually put a book down because I read it in one sitting but then when I'm done I don't know what to do with myself because all I can think of are the characters that got killed off or something. And then I'm like "Why must all the character I love die!"
It's horrible! And yet, like addicts, we're always going back for more! I often re-read my books (to keep them from being too lonely left on the shelf!) and hoping that this time will be different. That the book somehow mystically changed since the previous read through and the characters can avoid the big horrible thing that's going to be spoiled. This ALWAYS happens when I read Betrayal. I'm yelling in my mind to the characters telling them to just wait one more day! Just leave a note explaining something! Don't make the same stupid mistake you made last time!
I hope I'm not alone in this :3
Believe me, you aren't at all alone. I have a few friends who are the same way. We always hope something will change. It's really bad when I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Always hoping everyone lives this time. When in reality I'm just setting myself up to be upset all over again.
That's so odd! I'm the complete opposite. Provided that they're well written, I always seem to empathise with my characters and get a little too attached to them. Yep, I'm that person that cries at the end of books when their favourite character dies or sacrifices themselves for the greater good.
I've always loved how everyone has a different outlook on a book after reading it. It's what makes them fun to talk about
I'm the same way. I cried and get angry and become overly attached to characters. And I don't usually put a book down because I read it in one sitting but then when I'm done I don't know what to do with myself because all I can think of are the characters that got killed off or something. And then I'm like "Why must all the character I love die!"
It's horrible! And yet, like addicts, we're always going back for more! I often re-read my books (to keep them from being too lonely left on the shelf!) and hoping that this time will be different. That the book somehow mystically changed since the previous read through and the characters can avoid the big horrible thing that's going to be spoiled. This ALWAYS happens when I read Betrayal. I'm yelling in my mind to the characters telling them to just wait one more day! Just leave a note explaining something! Don't make the same stupid mistake you made last time!
That's so odd! I'm the complete opposite. Provided that they're well written, I always seem to empathise with my characters and get a little too attached to them. Yep, I'm that person that cries at the end of books when their favourite character dies or sacrifices themselves for the greater good.
I've always loved how everyone has a different outlook on a book after reading it. It's what makes them fun to talk about
I'm the same way. I cried and get angry and become overly attached to characters. And I don't usually put a book down because I read it in one sitting but then when I'm done I don't know what to do with myself because all I can think of are the characters that got killed off or something. And then I'm like "Why must all the character I love die!"
How often does a book leave you thinking about it later on?
It's funny that you ask that, but i've just realised... when I read a fantasy novel I NEVER think about it once i've put my book/Kindle down.
That's so odd! I'm the complete opposite. Provided that they're well written, I always seem to empathise with my characters and get a little too attached to them. Yep, I'm that person that cries at the end of books when their favourite character dies or sacrifices themselves for the greater good.
I've always loved how everyone has a different outlook on a book after reading it. It's what makes them fun to talk about ^^
How often does a book leave you thinking about it later on?
It's funny that you ask that, but i've just realised... when I read a fantasy novel I NEVER think about it once i've put my book/Kindle down.
I'm reading The Wheel of Time: Lord of Chaos. I find that when I read something more reality based I think about the events and people that inhabit the story, whereas with something like The Wheel of Time, I barely give it a second thought once I put the book down, but resume the 'fantasy' enthusiastically when I pick it back up.
I guess it's only natural, as something set in our own world bares more reflection on the people and places we see every day, whereas as fantasy is disconnected from our own reality in some way or another!
Gone Girl was my mind for a long time to be honest. Lots of things relative to my life, especially at the time.
I know that it's more likely that you mean something like a beak up or a rough patch with a girlfriend...but the first thing that leapt into mind was the overiding plo and that you were being accused of murder haha :3
And I so want to reread Gone Girl just to see how differently I'll view the first half knowing what happens in the second half of the book. Plus it seems to have gotten really popular over here lately - I keep seeing people reading it on the train.
Apr 11, 13 at 1:26pm
carous Elambra
Most of the books I read that are worth remembering end definitively, so there isn't much else going on with the characters. I get what you mean, cos it can be cool to imagine what else might be going on in the world you've visited. I usually get stuck with a lot of what ifs even when I finish the book, sometimes in the process of reading a book I have to leave it alone for a while because there are too many possibilities that could unfold. That's also the main reason I go back and reread anything
Apr 11, 13 at 3:25am
Celes Leonhart
Gone Girl was my mind for a long time to be honest. Lots of things relative to my life, especially at the time.
I tend to think about certain books quite a lot after I've read them. Seems as you brought up Sanderson, I tend to think about the Mistborn series a lot thanks, I think, to just how well the world he created is thought out.
I always seem to wander back around to one of my favourite books (Incompetence) whenever I'm bored too, I also do it with ASOIAF a bit but that might be due to the TV Series being in the public consciousness so much.
I'm sure I'm not alone in having trouble remembering everything that happened in ASOIAF. I have to use that character thing at the back just about every book because there's just so many names and so much detail.
I can't wait to read Mistborn! I'm putting it off a little because I just know it's going to be amazing and I want to finish off my other reading before I get too sucked in =P How did you end up finding Rothfuss?
I tend to think about certain books quite a lot after I've read them. Seems as you brought up Sanderson, I tend to think about the Mistborn series a lot thanks, I think, to just how well the world he created is thought out.
I always seem to wander back around to one of my favourite books (Incompetence) whenever I'm bored too, I also do it with ASOIAF a bit but that might be due to the TV Series being in the public consciousness so much.
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