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

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

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I kind of like this take I was close to reading the Wikipedia ending for the last few chapters and I prob should have

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