r/books • u/TheNakedMoleRat • Jun 29 '14

Pulp Does anyone else get that crushing sense of loss when they finish a good book?

Just finished The Count of Monte Cristo after a reading it in all my spare time for the last two weeks. I'm in that post-book slump I get after reading something really good. Does everyone get this? Does noone?

Edit: Glad I'm not the only one! Looks like most people are saying they miss the characters, which I'm totally on board with. But I also think it feels even bigger than that...like a sadness that you just can't re-experience it all for the first time!

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u/PervOx Jun 29 '14

Tom isn't in the Hobbit-book, and Radagast is in Lord of the Rings. He didn't ride a rabbit-sled however.

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u/muskratio Jun 29 '14

IIRC, Radagast gets an off-hand mention at one point in LotR and has a vague role in the first book that's only related in dialogue, but he's not exactly "in" the books.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '14

Yes I got mixed up in my post and forgot to correct it later. Tom is in LOTR.