It feels so real reading it and after reaching the ending and you finish the book you realise it wasnt and feel cheated well i do. The sad feeling you get when you finish a book series. You can inhabit the world of the book, or you can feel the world of book inhabiting you, and when that happens, you really have communed with another. Inability to start a new book because youre still living in the last books world. Or are there occasions when we might choose to leave off a book before the end, or even only half way through, and nevertheless feel that it was good, even excellent, that we were glad we read what we read, but dont feel the need to finish it. A tv or ova series are usually long enough in their own. It seems every time i finish a book no matter whether i liked it, or had a sadstupidhappysilly ending i get this overwhelming feeling of emotions, some goosebumps, and occasionally i get weepy. If the story is immersive and characters authentic, i think its natural to feel a bit sad when its over. In the months that followed, i wrote freeing your radical hero. If anything, most series should be cut down if anything. They were the only books ive read that wasnt issued by my teachers at school.
It breaks my heart to finish a book because now i have to abandon the characters. It was a tough project, one that took a month longer than expected, and included a journey around the world, dozens of hours of research, a few exhausting backandforths with my client, not to mention many long days huddling over the keyboard, trying to make the words come out right. I usually read 4 books at a time and change when it gets closer to the end. Quickly followed by panic that the book is still rubbish, even after all the work ive done on it. That sad feeling when you finish a good book i finished the book, all 608 pages of it. Finishing the story, then, is almost like going through a breakup. I dont disagree with anything posted thus far, but i would like to add to it.
Psychologists on how to fill the emptiness you feel after bingeing. This new addition to the acclaimed the way i feel series uses reassuring words and illustrations to address a childs anxieties and shows ways to feel better. When i feel sad by corneila maude spelman i a great book for young children. The bitter feeling when you know the journey is over, but you. I just finished a very important writing project, a proposal for a new book im ghostwriting. It occurs when you have finished a series of books, movies, or a tv show. But basically my feelings on finishing a book are a mix of huge relief and mild anticlimax. Finishing a good book is like not talking to your best friend who is unavailable until the release date next year. Children worry tooin new or confusing situations or when someone is angry with them. I would use this book in my classroom to help my students recognize and regulate their own emotions. Do you feel sad after finishing a good book series.
It is the sadness felt after reading or watching a really long series or story. I think it was a bit of a record time for me to read a book in, considering i dont have much time to sit and really engross myself in a story without having to constantly stop. I especially feel sad after i read everything by a favorite author and then run out. This is because i get attached to the characters so much that when i finish the book, i miss their presence. As for how i feel, i uploaded the 2nd book in my techxorcist series last night after three weeks of solid 15 hour days to editpolishproofread and i feel like a zombie. I get sad after finishing all series, tv and books because you feel like youve lost the characters that youve become attached to, forever. But letting go of friends is a sad and regular reality for many readers. I never really feel the need to desire more of a series unless it was just a oneshot ova. Theres no cure for the postbook blues huffpost australia. As noted already, you have invested a lot of time to the. To me at least, when i finish a book or a tv series i really loved, i suffer a sort of temporary depression. Have you ever stuck with a book that you werent enjoying. You can sign in to give your opinion on the answer.
Be it a book, a movie, an anime or anything that gets you caught up all excited in it and once you finish it you get the sad now what kind of feeling. Do you ever feel saddepressed after reading a book the. Do you always finish the books you start, or are you able to let go. How to stop feeling sad after finishing a good novel quora. Anyone else get emotional when they finish a book, even if its not a sad ending. Anyone else get really sad after they finish a good book. That terrible melancholy feeling we feel when we finish a good book is one of the most bittersweet experiences we as humans can have. We have others in the series, including when i miss you, when i feel scared, and when i care about others, but the book about anger is the one i. I think when you feel sad after finishing a series it means the writer has succeed in writing a memorable book.
That feeling you get when you finish a great book and you look around a little sad because you feel like you lost a little piece of yourself, but you know you can always go back. Empty feeling after finishing a bookseries goodreads. Why i dont feel compelled to finish every book i start. Is there a name for this feeling after finishing a book. When we get involved in a great story be it a book, movie or tv show we. He figures the last third of the book only takes about. Why do i feel so empty after finishing a great book or tv. Like many people here, im also a writer, so i feel the same sadness after finishing a seriesbook because i miss my characters. If you find a sense of pride in finishing every book you start, then more power to you. For some reason, i get really sad after i finish reading a. I seem to be involved with a book for at least a year after publication.
After i finish reading my a2 chemistry book, i like to think ill be jumping in sheer joy. Do you ever feel saddepressed after reading a book. When i feel sad the way i feel books spelman, cornelia maude, parkinson, kathy on. For some reason, i get really sad after i finish reading a book well, for example, every time i read a book, i just feel so empty and lonely and depressed.
On completely going through a work be it a book, movie, videogame, or what have you that i enjoyed, i will sometimes briefly feel sad that there is no more of it to consume, or that the work is now static in my mind, or both and sometimes wish to further immerse myself in whatever. It seems every time i finish a book no matter whether i liked it, or had a sad stupidhappysilly ending i get this overwhelming feeling of emotions, some goosebumps, and occasionally i get weepy. Anyone else get emotional when they finish a book, even if. For me it happens the most after i finish a really good fantasy book. From lost to found on the pacific crest trail is a 2012 memoir by american author cheryl strayed, describing her 1,100mile hike on the pacific crest trail in 1995 as a journey of selfdiscovery. That sad feeling when you finish a good book blogger. Theyre fictional, but that doesnt make the loss any less real. What i found was a group of people who seemed to have put on full armor broadly acknowledged to be the minimum protective gear needed to get through a book length project only to be tackled by a hot fudge sundae. Have any of you become sad after finishing an anime series. Of course, im assuming youre speaking about fictional books. You know youve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a.
By reading the book now, im getting more out of it than i ever wouldve months ago. Theres no cure for the postbook blues huffpost australia life. Well i dont really feel sad after i finish a series. Sometimes i have a secret little cry to myself if the ending was really sad or think about it for a bit then go on and read another series and it starts all over again. That feeling you get after finishing a good book the. And even worse, the world and characters youve come to know and love are suddenly gone. Hi anne and all i need permission to stop listening to a book on audible does anyone else struggle more with stopping an audio book vs putting down a book. I suspect its related to the economic idea of the sunk cost fallacy, where you feel you have invested money or time past the point of no return and thus feel that you have to see something all the way through.
I find a book, read it, get totally sucked into it, become too emotionally attached and so then when i finish it, i feel like somebody. I think the hunger games makes you extra sad because the trilogy builds up from something small to something very big. Ill be seriously depressed when i finish watching breaking bad. If its a good book, i always feel sad when its over. A good novel makes you feel apart of the story, you may not consciously realize just how much you relate to the characters, you feel a loss as tho. When someone else is sad, i feel sad, toosad is a cloudy, tired feeling. Is a good book by definition one that we did finish. Im trying to listen to the lord of the rings and i just dont love it. Afterwords i just sit there thinking about that magical world, and how there is. Do you feel sad or happy when you finish a good book. Backupusername explains why people often feel sad after finishing. A good writer makes you feel close to hisher characters and when the last chapter is over, its like being separated from friends.
I remember when i finished the return of the king a little over a year after id started with the hobbit. All i know is that every single time i finish a good spread of novel, i feel quite sad. Normally if a game has a great story i feel kind of sad when i finish it. I finished seduced in the dark a few hours ago and i have this weird feeling after finishing a really good book.
When the story ends, and you want it to keep going but it just doesnt. If these emotions sound familiar, check out our list. I dont want to start a new book right away because i still. My life has always made more sense in the rearview mirror.
We dont always know if the book were starting is the best thing for us to be reading right now and its okay if it takes 62 or 162 pages to find out. I dont feel im finished with a book until its remaindered. As the author, if you want readers to finish your book and feel stronger, more dangerous emotions anger at totalitarian governments, frustration at poverty and ignorance, or sorrow for the trauma of war then a sad ending could be what you need. That feeling you get when you finally finish a writing project. When i feel sad by cornelia maude spelman goodreads. Lots of things can make someone feel sad, like being left out, being called names, losing at something, or missing someone. Ahh, there are just too many times ive felt this xd. When a very well told story ends, youre sad because its very much like. Readers will recognize similiar experiences in their own lives as this little guinea pig describes feeling sad when someone is cross or when something bad happens. Probably by the point i finish a book im already halfway through a new project.
Nervous about the launch and promo of the first book but eager to move on to the next one. I literally cant stop crying over a book and i dont know. What is it when after you finish a series, there is a sad cloud hanging over your head for several days, weeks, months, years. I can definitely appreciate this sentiment, but i would articulate the feeling differently. I always feel this way after finishing a great seriesbook. Would you rather an endless spam of increasingly shittier and more pointless sequels, or rather that they ended badly. Deep down, we begin to feel a bond forming and we fall in love before they disappear, but not before imparting one last dose of wisdom or charm. A good novel makes you feel apart of the story, you may not.
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