Have you ever read a book that you didn't want to finish because you didn't want it to end?
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November 20th, 2011
I’m reading a book now that has my total attention, but I see where it is headed and don’t want it to end. Especially because I see a bad ending. Have you read a book that has affected you this way?
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I think I read “It” by Stephen King and didn’t like where it was going. If I remember right it had an alternate ending though too.
Yes. I keep going in most cases. If I like the book, I like the author to some extent, and I feel like if I close it early, it would be like telling a friend to shut up.
Yep! ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo’ series. I finally, with hesitation, finished the last book.Sigh!
I should mention, the author of the series died and there may not be any more sequels. That is one of the reasons I didn’t want to hurry and read the ending.
Yep, Many times. It is actually one of the things that pulls me faster to want to finish it. I recall reading Congo and stayed up all night to finish it.
Yepppp. Last book in the Harry Potter series. I was crying my eyes out and sobbing and rushing but not wanting it to end either…..I was such a wreck haha.
Recalling also, The Horse Whisperer did that to me also. @chyna I guess you will be reading all night…..
Wellllllllllll… are you going to reveal which book it is?
Oh, yeah. Several times! It’s all such a jumble of emotions… wanting to read devour the book, and dreading the end. Bittersweet. @AmWiser That series was like that for me, too. I hated knowing the author was dead and there would be no more books. Fantastic series!
All the good books do that to me. At ⅔’s I want to stop and go back.
This is how I feel about A Year in Provence. Everything that happens in the book is so pleasant and breezy. Peter Mayle describes the locals with a sort of affectionate humor, and the descriptions of the countryside and all the wonderful food and wine there are lovely. I just want to roll around in that book, pretty much. Luckily there are sequels. :)
I have had thus on several occasions. The Time Travellers Wife was one. I do read books again. At the minute I am rereading His Dark materials trilogy, but aloud to my daughter. I am getting a lot out of the books this time round
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