Did you ever finish reading a book and then miss the characters/book?
Did you ever finish reading a book and then miss the characters/book?
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Did you ever finish reading a book and then miss the characters/book?
All the time
Yup. Kinda why I like series. When in is done….on to the next…ala Harry Potter…. Sherlock Holmes….etc
Still keep close Lonesome Dove for Gus and Woodrow and Jan Karon’s Mitford series for many characters throughout
Yes!
Yes! I felt the way about the Perfume Collector
Yes. I’m experiencing this right now with the last book I read.
Absolutely!
Do I miss Ove!
Yes!
Absolutely miss the characters in The Circle of Ceridwen Saga!
Yes. Harry Bosch!
Yes! Armand Gamache and the rest of the folks in Three Pines from the Louise Penny series.
So often it’s silly stupid!
Yes! Especially in books where there is lots of character development and you know them inside and out. I especially felt this with Where the Crawdads Sing.
Yes!! I miss Jumpin’!
@Heather Wasn’t he a character??
@Mary yes, he was the old man who owned the little gas shop. Basically Kya’s father figure.
@Heather Yes, I remember! My comment was more of an exclamation rather than a question. I really liked his character too!
@Mary ha! Now I get it… sometimes something gets lost in translation when we can’t type with inflection ?
@Heather Exactly!
Yes!
All the time !!
Yes. That book was Looking For Me by Beth Hoffman.
Yes! That’s why I love series and love discovering them when there are already lots of books written.
All. The. Time.
Love sequels….
Try John Sanford’s”Prey” bks in order, if you like smart criminal plots
@Ann thank you!!
Yes I miss Penelope from the Shell Seekers.
I often think about Barbara from the Elizabeth George books.
Now that you mention it by Kristin Higgins – I wanted to go live in that book!
I love the Mitford Series by Jan Karon. I reminisce about the characters and wonder how they’re doing as though they are family. ?
I grew up listening to this series on roadtrips. Now that you mentioned them, I’m going to read them!! 🙂
Carleen, read them in order. These particular books make more sense that way. Love them.
@Elizabeth will do!
The Help!
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend….. Think about those characters but know realistically there can’t be a sequel. Same with Descent by Tim Johnston.
Yes, it happens a lot
Definitely! I spent approximately ten years of my life immersed in the Harry Potter books as they were being published. By the end, those characters were like family to me! And that’s why I have to revisit them every so often.
Yes❤️
Nope. I rarely remember anything about the book.
Yes. The Mitford series is one. They all seem like next door neighbors.
Fitz from robin Hobbs books
@Nicole, me too!
Louise Penny’s characters – they all feel like friends
All the time lol
So many times!!
Harry Potter!
I still worried about Jack in “Room”. I read that book years ago. I hope he’s doing well and enjoying life!
Ove
Yes. Eleanor Oliphant
Same for me.
So.many.times.
The storied life of AJ Fikry
That’s next on my reading list – is it that good?
@George I loved it. ?
All the time!
Everytime I remember Theodore Finch, I cannot breathe properly.
Too many times to count.
all the books i ever finished
Most of the books I read. That’s one of the reasons I love series. More time with good characters.
Many times – especially when I read a series and come to the end.
@Beth omg yes agreed.
Yes
Always
Many times!!! Especially as a child!
I read most horror, murder mystery, and scarier sci-fi now.
As a child characters in the books I read were more lovable
Absolutely!
I have great difficulty believing Louise Penny’s characters aren’t real.
@Denise yep
“These Is My Words.” Felt like I lost a good friend when I finished.
Ove!
Lonesome Dove
Yes
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell. I so want a sequel! Oh and just about every book by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Feel like Kinsey Milhone died too. (A to Z mysteries by Sue Grafton)
Oops. I mean A to Y!!
Too many times.
It took me 2 months to get back to reality after finishing 3 parts of Gone with the wind.
The person I still miss from months and months ago, is the Count from A Gentleman in Moscow.
Lisey from Lisey’s Story
Yes! So many times! The sign of a great book!
Yes
Yes — all the time, especially when I think the book was excellent, with really well thought-out characters and great writing.
So often.Sometimes it’s so bad I can’t start a new book for a couple of days.
@Addy book hangover!
Heather! Perfect description!
Yes, sometimes the story is so good I wish it would just somehow continue, but I know sometimes that would make the story worse.
all the time. that is why i love series. inspecter lynley and barbara havers also inspector prendergast are favs of mine
No i just reread
Roland of Gilead
The Wheel of Time
Katey Kontent and Count Rostov!
I re-read my favourites all the time. My reading pattern is one new book and one old favourite.
I’m an author and I fell deeply in love with one of my characters, a gigantic, wise, sentient feline named Solte. I kept putting off finishing writing the book because I didn’t want to leave her. I re-read her passages occasionally just to check in on her… (the book is “Pathwalker: A Soul’s Journey through Reincarnations”).
Quite often. Finishing an enjoyable book is as sad as any other ending. Sometimes, I have loved a book so much, I’ve closed it and gone straight back to the beginning. (I do reread my favorites, sometimes three or four times, but usually not right away)