How I felt after each book the first time I read them...

Coryshepard117 · 1 day

I love books. They take you on such great adventures.

I hate books. They make real life suck.

freakshoww · 1 day

"Of course it is happening inside your head Harry, but why on Earth should that mean that it is not real?" -A.P.W.B.D

mau5_419 · 1 day

A Song of Ice and Fire. The trauma, oh the emotional trauma.

AustinCorgiBart · 1 day

I often have a hard time "coming out of it". I keep thinking that the book is real is and wonder why everyone else isn't concerned that Voldemort has returned.

hmbmelly · 1 day

Also: everyone else is asleep like there isn't an adventure unfolding before their eyes. How could that possibly be?

Edit: In reference to late-night HP reading. Not philosophical in the slightest.

ayminole · 1 day

Paperbacks?! What is this that you speak of?

lunaticMOON · 1 day

This totally applies to the Red Wed.

if you KNOW what im talking about, YOU KNOW>

bluemane10 · 1 day

That's why I love the books- I got so involved. Truly great writing.

fuckyouimawesomer · 1 day

I'm so glad I'm not the only one. Everyone always looks at me crazy when I say I need some time alone after finishing it.

postsanity · 1 day

I felt like this up until Goblet of Fire... then I started getting Hardcovers.

decayed_syllables · 1 day

I still feel like that sometimes if I'm reading them in public, like on the T, and I've just read something that made me really mad or sad and I look up from the book and can't understand why no one else around me is acknowledging what I just read!

kyle2143 · 1 day

Reminds me of "Post Anime Depression Syndrome". Except with Harry Potter.

dorkrock2 · 1 day

It doesn't happen to me like that. When I finish a book, I usually spend 15-30 minutes reflecting on it and trying to think who I know that I can talk about it with. Unfortunately, I have very few literary friends. It always turns out the same way.

Me: Man, I just finished this book about [insert plot summary and cool stuff]

Friend: That sounds interesting

Me: Yeah I don't want to spoil it but it was pretty good

Friend: Just tell me, I don't have time to read it

Me: [lackluster summary]

Friend: Hmm, cool

Me: Well that didn't do it justice, it really was grand

Friend: I'll take your word for it

Then I go to goodreads or something and read reviews to trick my brain into thinking it is remotely satisfied with literary discussion.

Just noticed this is /r/harrypotter and not /r/books so just pretend this comment is about harry potter instead of all books.

frgsonmysox · 2012-09-23T05:38:02+00:00

I almost have a few days of depression after I finish an awesome series. I am so upset it's over, and it can take me a few days to a few weeks to be able to start a new series. I need to mull over the old the one a bit.

shamecamel · 2012-09-23T06:04:37+00:00

this is how I feel for all books I read, god damn it. I just went through something, nothing is the same.

skinx · 2012-09-23T06:48:34+00:00

This is why I hate finishing books. I refuse to let go of the universe my mind is living in!

thyfearfulsymmetry · 1 day

Just the first time? I get so emotional reading the books or watching the films now before I even get heavily into them.

When we went to see the last film I was half laughing at myself for being so emotional and half crying because it was going to be over.

ermahgerditsAMY · 1 day

Takes so long after I finish for me to be emotionally stable enough to read something else, unless there's a sequel or it's part of a series.

But at the end of the series? Intense feels for DAAAYS.

Protohuman · 1 day

Hell yeah. I was a changed man after I finished reading "Gates of Fire"

SoulDisruption · 1 day

I finished the last book on the bus ride back from Band Championships. My girlfriend was asleep next to me and when I finished it I put it back in my bag, wondered what to do with my life now, then fell asleep because I was tired.

HRtheGingaNinja · 1 day

This is inaccurate! Sometimes they're hardcovers too......

oscarsoze · 2012-09-23T05:26:49+00:00

Take a look, it's in a book...

Hungry_For_Waffles · 2012-09-23T06:03:34+00:00

Books are incredible. Sometimes I wonder if I'm strange for regularly visiting my library and checking out 4-5 books/turn in books. I'm the kind of person you would least expect to be an avid reader at all. But it's incredible the impact that regular reading can do on absolutely anybodies general knowledge. Because of my reading history, I can write some really decent papers and essays, and have a wide vocabulary. I'm really thankful for my parents encouraging my reading as a toddler and getting me so into it at the earliest of ages. Because of it, I never put off reading in high school because "the cool kids don't read".

But for something a little more on topic, I too feel this when I approach the end of a series. Reading through 5-7 books takes a lot of commitment, so it's always sad to see something great that you've invested so much time into end.

question87 · 2012-09-23T06:07:53+00:00

You don't realize how true that was for me after finishing the deathly Hallows last week, I've never felt so forlorn... Except after finishing the eragon saga.

hardtogetaname · 2012-09-23T06:27:31+00:00

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LiamHP · 2012-09-23T06:46:31+00:00

books. books book book book books books. book

DHSVlip · 2012-09-23T11:31:32+00:00

Same with eragon... felt so empty after the last book

SpikeWolfwood · 2012-09-23T11:57:12+00:00

I'm verry familiar with this feeling but I thinhk I felt this way the most after reading the Hitchhiker's Guide books. On a side note, I also kind of felt this way after playing Final Fantasy 6 and 7.

LittlePinkNinja · 2012-09-23T14:14:49+00:00

First time only? christ there's still parts in some of the books that make me just stop what I'm doing, look around and think to myself "whoa".

Most recent one was me cycling at the gym reading DH, gets to the part with Dumbledores epitaph for the grave of the Potters and my cheeks just flush, my eyes start to well up and I just need to take a minute to get my shit together.

Words man, they be crazy.

justmelike · 2012-09-23T17:50:39+00:00

I felt the same about HP but the His Dark Materials series left me feeling in a very strange place after the last page. Jubilation and clarity with immediate heartbreak following.

irony_kills · 2012-09-23T18:51:20+00:00

I remember when I finished the last book and all I could think was "what now?". I'd never been that invested in a story and I had nobody to talk to about it. I was living with my grandparents who at the time thought the book was encouraging witchcraft.

public_compliance · 2012-09-23T19:51:14+00:00

And this is why I'm in my own personal hell when I read the series, but I love it all the same.

peppermintt · 2012-09-23T22:54:07+00:00

The story of my life

Slyfox00 · 1 day

:( i miss so many other worlds...

devcmacd · 2012-09-23T07:55:13+00:00

You read them in paperbacks? Fuck you.

SassyShakespearean · 1 day

I know a bit unrelated but I was in line at the National Book Festival waiting to get a signature from John Green (!) and I read all of The Fault in Our Stars... so many feels

Desinvolture · 1 day

WisLonghair · 1 day

I read the first book and never thought about this series again.

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