sadness

Yes, some books definitely leave me feeling bereft when I've finished them - and I can't start another straight away because I'm so caught up in the writing style of the first author. However, there are others I absolutely can't wait to finish because I'm wasting my time on them - and at my age, there's too much good stuff to read to be ploughing through rubbish. If I don't like the style of writing and the characters are still cardboard after the first 50 pages, I've trained myself to abandon!

I don't know if it is sadness but I do hate when a good book ends. I also hate when I am reading and have to stop for some reason.

Well, being a reader, it's normal to feel that emotion...sadness. Though many people feel sadness when reading a book, for me, the joy of accomplishment overcomes that sadness. The accomplishment you feel when you finish reading a book is very great! It's like... when you begin reading, you're very curious as to what will happen... and when you finish it... you feel very great 'coz you now knew what happened and you've also answered your 'how's' and 'why's' when you started reading. Reading really brings out wonders...

Yeah I know what you mean. Even if the book itself isn't sad, I'm just kinda disappointed that the book has ended. Of course, stories can't go on forever and they all have to come to a satisfying end, and when they do, it just makes me want to read more of it. At the end, I wonder how the characters are getting along or what they would be doing after the last page ends. I alleviate this by recommending the book to my friends so they can read it too, and I can share the experience of reading it again with them, so I don't feel as sad.

I guess I don't feel sadness when I finish a book but I feel something although I don't know what it is! I remember reading the Harry Potter books! As you know there were about six books in total and I read one after the other in succession! Anyway, when I got to the end of each one I would think (excellent, the adventure continues). But, after having finished the final book in the series I felt totally lost for a short period! The great adventure was over and this was one story that I wanted to go on and on, with no ending! Sometimes a book shocks me when I get to the end as it turns out to be such an anti-climax! But, whatever happens anyway, I just cannot stop reading! I have to know what book I am going to turn to next. For me, reading is nothing but pure escapism! Who says you have to face reality all of the time! Just escape into another world through a good book! Andrew

If it is a good book, then yes I feel sad when it ends but also somehow excited. I often go on to tell everyone I meet if it was good and reccomend it to everyone. Of course, before I do that I always go out to see if the book either has a sequel or if the author has written anything else.

i am not exactly sure i understood what you are trying to say.i just love to read.i do feel sad when a book ends.i make sure whatever i read has an happy ending.

I once read a book that really broke my heart. I just have forgotten the title and I don't even want to read nor recall it again. Literally, it really made me very sad. It was a nice story though but the message and how it was written was very touching.

Yes, if the plot ends up in sadness and it is a twist to what I least expected what may would have happened in the story.. Yes, I do get sad, because I wished that it would have turned out like I fantasized that it would.

I don't think I've ever encountered this sadness. I do sometimes wish a book wouldn't have ended just yet, because I'd love to read more about the characters and their lives. But I usually have so many books lined up, I want to read that I just start with the next one and quickly forget about the others.