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what’s the word for the sadness you feel when you finish a really good book

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honestly i dont like to get invested in books for this reason which sounds silly but it truly is a sadness

existential dread? Idk I used to have this really bad when I was a kid, and it also applied to movies as well, I felt so connected to the world and characters they created and then I just had to say bye

Ah, going to look this up! I love a good heart wrenching book. It’s like a cleansing of sorts

bro i read that in class each year its devastating to the kids lol and gets me every time too

this one was Project Hail Mary

What book was it? For me it was Flowers for Algernon.

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Heard a father tell the story of a young kid bursting into tears when a book ended, has stayed with me

I often leave the last fifth of a book unread these days …. avoids this para death thing… but also very few authors really land a book. Letting the worldbuilding they did live on for me feels much better

“parasocial relationships” 
the end of a book is a death experience :/

i think it's "fuck, my wife is going to make me read another good book"

Silence—that’s the feeling when you finish a beautiful book. That’s what I always say whenever I finish one.

I love this even as I mourn for and with you, my darl. 

Yours ever,
b

That bittersweet feeling is called a book hangover
Got one recently?

This is when you get to find a new book to break your heart with