chickenb00
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Post by chickenb00 on Aug 1, 2014 3:00:51 GMT
...the book ends?
Some books are so real to me that I want to know what happens next for the characters. Or what they're doing in the future.
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Aug 1, 2014 3:02:11 GMT
YES! I make stuff up in my head to continue their lives. Usually I insert myself as a love interest if there's a handsome man involved in the book.
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Aug 1, 2014 3:03:52 GMT
ALL THE TIME! I do it when TV shows are cancelled and at the end of movies, too.
Don't even get me started on all the ways The Way We Were have continued on in my head!
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Post by Karenina on Aug 1, 2014 3:15:27 GMT
Yes, I really want to know how Holden is doing.
I also really want to know what happened to Scout, Atticus, Jem & Boo 20 years later after the book is over.
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Post by redshoes on Aug 1, 2014 3:19:10 GMT
Nope, never occurred to me!
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Post by momx1 on Aug 1, 2014 3:31:02 GMT
All the time, but only for a few days. I rarely think about it once I start another good book.
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Post by smokeynspike on Aug 1, 2014 4:07:25 GMT
I always wonder that and most of the time I wish authors would write sequels. I think that is why a lot of the YA dystopian fiction appeals to me because the vast majority of those books are made into a least three book series. I feel like I get a chance to really know and love the characters.
Melissa
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Post by bdawnb on Aug 1, 2014 4:19:05 GMT
Yes and I blame it on the series books I read as a child such as Nancy Drew and The Hapypy Hollisters. Now I still prefer to read books that have that formula. I hate to say good-bye to the characters at the end of the book.
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Post by SuPeaNatural on Aug 1, 2014 4:23:59 GMT
I wonder this too, especially at the end of a TV series or book, not so much with movies though. But the advantage to not to having closure is that I can give the characters the ending I want them to have.
I read once that Daphne duMaurier (sp?), although hounded for years to do it, would never write a sequel to 'Rebecca' because she wanted the readers to draw their own conclusion as to what happened to Maxim and his wife, and Mrs Danvers. I guess other authors feel the same - there's nothing like a good Hitchcock ending - leave 'em guessing. |
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Post by perumbula on Aug 1, 2014 4:26:02 GMT
All the time. If it's a book I loved, I want the characters to go on living. That's one of the best parts of Anne of Green Gables. You see nearly her whole life and it's lovely to live it with her.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2014 4:28:32 GMT
I always picture them sitting and waiting in a big white void, like a blank book page.
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Post by pb on Aug 1, 2014 4:32:56 GMT
All the time. When I was a kid I had elaborate fantasies about books and TV shows inserting myself in as a character. Still think about it now but without the elaboration.
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Post by psoccer on Aug 1, 2014 4:38:12 GMT
All the time. Or, if I wasn't satisfied with the ending, then I change it in my mind.
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Post by SabrinaP on Aug 1, 2014 4:39:04 GMT
Yep. To me it is a sign of truly great book.
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Post by Jili on Aug 1, 2014 4:41:14 GMT
I wonder this too, especially at the end of a TV series or book, not so much with movies though. But the advantage to not to having closure is that I can give the characters the ending I want them to have.
I read once that Daphne duMaurier (sp?), although hounded for years to do it, would never write a sequel to 'Rebecca' because she wanted the readers to draw their own conclusion as to what happened to Maxim and his wife, and Mrs Danvers. I guess other authors feel the same - there's nothing like a good Hitchcock ending - leave 'em guessing. I actually read a couple of 'sequels' to Rebecca- one of my favorite books ever. One was quite well done and the other was not. In hindsight, however, I regret reading both of them. Sometimes you just have to leave well enough alone and be satisfied with the author's direction for his/her characters. |
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Post by NanaKate on Aug 1, 2014 4:45:56 GMT
Yes!
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Post by tamiq on Aug 1, 2014 6:02:25 GMT
All the time, but only for a few days. I rarely think about it once I start another good book. This exactly. If they make a sequel to anything I've read in the past, I will definitely read it though. Sort of like Sycamore Row. |
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 1, 2014 6:11:41 GMT
All the time.
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Post by houston249 on Aug 1, 2014 7:19:00 GMT
Always.
I really appreciate JK Rowlings tidbits about the HP characters that she has told us over the years.
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Post by Lindarina on Aug 1, 2014 9:07:53 GMT
That's why I love books in series  I do think about the characters after I'm finished with a book. Not all the time, but I never completely let go of a good book either. That's why I hate it when my favorite characters are given an ending I don't feel they deserve. I can imagine their ongoing lives, but I've never been able to re-write a death in my mind. I'm OK with deaths in books, but it has to be well written and with a purpose. I'm still mourning a certain one-sentence death in a popular YAF-series |
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Post by SuPeaNatural on Aug 1, 2014 9:28:25 GMT
I totally agree Jili. I also read one written by one of Daphne's descendants, a granddaughter or niece? I was so sorry I did. If Daphne had wanted us to know more, she'd have written it herself.
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Aug 1, 2014 9:57:58 GMT
Yes! Good characters are like good friends and I want to "keep up with them" long after I finished the book.
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 1, 2014 11:41:24 GMT
Yep. To me it is a sign of truly great book. That is exactly what I was going to say... I know there have been books over the years that slip right out of my mind the moment I close them. But the good books? The ones that play like movies in your mind while you read them? I wonder, I create futures, I imagine... |
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Post by Miss Ang on Aug 1, 2014 11:43:56 GMT
Yes! Anytime I really enjoy the characters in a book, I wonder what happens next!
Did you read Fault in Our Stars? That curiosity is part of the story line. I loved that!
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Post by lilacgal on Aug 1, 2014 11:47:46 GMT
I wonder all the time!
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Post by jenjie on Aug 1, 2014 12:19:51 GMT
That's one thing I love about Karen Kingsbury's Baxter Family series. It started out with a series of 4 books and then morphed into 24. The later books would focus on new characters but they were connected to the old favorite characters, who would either make cameos or jump right back into the story.
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Post by craftykitten on Aug 1, 2014 12:52:14 GMT
All the time. If it's a book I loved, I want the characters to go on living. That's one of the best parts of Anne of Green Gables. You see nearly her whole life and it's lovely to live it with her. Sometimes it's better not to know...I didn't like the later Anne stories so much. And Rebecca is one of my favourite books of all time. Maybe there is some link here, perhaps I like stories where I can make up my own sequels? I love it when a book has that much of a 'grip' on me! |
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Post by Scrapbrat on Aug 1, 2014 12:53:27 GMT
Yep. To me it is a sign of truly great book. I completely agree with this!! |
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Post by kckckc on Aug 1, 2014 13:46:40 GMT
Yes. There are a couple of mystery series that I read - the authors passed away and I felt so sad that I wouldn't know what happens next in the character's lives.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2014 13:47:21 GMT
I have dreamt about what I have done with a vampire, and it was naughty!
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