Does anybody feel empty after reading a good book? Like all your content has disappeared 'cause of your wanting to live in that other world?

Well. . . . . .let's just say I know what you "mean".

I felt like that after watching the movie Amelie. I was pissed off about it, too.

With books I get that a little bit, sometimes, but not nearly as strong as with that movie.

Yes, but only with books in the fantasy genre. I just finished reading the Inheritances Cycle (aka Eragon) and I once again have that feeling. I also got it from His Dark Materials (i.e. Golden Compass), Lord of the Rings (movies and books), Harry Potter (movies and books) and Star Wars. I feel incredibly sad not only knowing that the stories are going to end at that last word you read or that last scene you watch, but also knowing that that mystical world with all the adventures and characters that you grow attached to doesn't exist and that you will never truly get to experience an epic adventure just as the characters did. It makes me incredibly sad,verging on depression, for a week or two before I can get over it.

I guess I just wish there is more to this world than what we have. There really is no magic or mystery left, only sadness and suffering and that ever present feeling that humanity itself is falling into the abyss. I know there is plenty of good but thats not the point. The point is we know there is no "magic". All our lands have been explored for the most part. All creatures have been found, once again for the most part. Our world (I know it is extraordinary) just seems bland nowadays. I wish there was still plenty of mystery and adventure left but I know there isn't and that saddens me.

Yes! I thought I was the only one, because none of my friends read. Mostly just with Harry Potter, but also Alice in Wonderland, cuz i wanted a wonderland, and Peter Pan, because I didn't want to grow up, just stay in my own little world.
Anyway, yes I do, even though everyone tells me that no book, movie, song, etc. can compare to life itself, but I would rather be in Hogwarts or Wonderland over here any day =]

yes, that only happened in harry potter and the lost land! other then that no at the end of most books im usual like that's it gay ending.

not empty, more disengaged from my present real life circumstances - still living in that other scenario which has so impressed and enriched my life through reading about it. Mind, you , that hasn't happened to me for years, and I think I can even remember the name of the last book that did affect me in that way - Rizpah.

Quite the opposite is true for me. If the book is that good it fills me up. Happy Monday! :)

It's more like leaving a cherished friend after a fantastic visit ...


"Good night, good night! parting is such
sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow."

Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" | William Shakespeare


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