I've recently finished a great book, and by that I mean I stayed awake an entire night reading it. (It was Paper Towns by John Green for those interested, and to any Nerdfighters, DFTBA.) And the book was a true emotional roller coaster for me personally, and I found myself on an emotional high, like I do after finishing so many good books. My brain was just full of so many conflicting emotions and none of them could fit their way out of my head first; so they were all just swirling inside my head and I felt dizzy and floaty and happy and sad and angry. I LOVE this feeling. That is the mark of 1. A good book and 2. a good writer. I experience it so rarely and I enjoy every second of it while it lasts.
But this has also lead me to not read as many stories one after another. I'm afraid that I'll either have conflicting emotions from the first "book high" with the second, have the emotional impact of the second book blunted by the residual feelings of the first, or slowly become immune, or at least resistant, to the feelings I get from reading a truly great novel.
So, escapees? Am I the only one who gets this experience from a story? Should I be afraid of losing this feeling over time?
But this has also lead me to not read as many stories one after another. I'm afraid that I'll either have conflicting emotions from the first "book high" with the second, have the emotional impact of the second book blunted by the residual feelings of the first, or slowly become immune, or at least resistant, to the feelings I get from reading a truly great novel.
So, escapees? Am I the only one who gets this experience from a story? Should I be afraid of losing this feeling over time?