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Probably The Count of Monte Cristo. Really the perfect book in my opinion - long, but with so much going on and so many interweaving plotlines that it kept me interested throughout. What an adventure.

Nah, I have to settle for sex instead. :'(

I stood up, hadn’t eaten or drank enough clearly, and passed out. Beaned my head on the desk but at just the right angle to not cause a serious injury.

Don’t forget to eat and drink, and stand up carefully!

I go read analyses and reviews of it to see what other people think of it. Its sort of like being slowly weened off of the original work, but it can also let you appreciate it in new ways.

back to old boring life again

Dunno about books, but I've recently caught up, finally, to the last season of Agents of Shield, the only one left for me to watch, years later after its debut. Truly felt I'd miss the gang.

Agents of Shield did something MCU doesn't: followed a few main characters, and eventually ended. The MCU just keeps going, adding some characters, removing others. Replace some. Just so much going on in parallel, and never really ending either.

I enjoy the movies, and even other shows, but they just don't follow characters this closely for long enough for us to care? Idk. Agents of Shield, through its seven seasons, followed a group of people, eventual close pals, and had a proper, graceful ending. Did not hint at more and then vanish

Edit: actually, I read Loveless, by Alice Oseman, and felt similar. I am not a book reader, so I don't have much experience on this. Once more, following characters closely as they change, evolve, develop. And then it ends. Like, what now? That's it? Snap, back to reality?

Also, these fictional characters and their close relationships, friendships. Where my group of cool, close pals? I want my gang, too! Why not I. R. have close friend? Where besties?

Many books have done this to me, but the most significant recent experience of this was Elden Ring.

No, but I wish I did. What book would be that good?

Piranesi 😭

I remember the first time finishing the Lord of the Rings. I was heartbroken knowing I couldn’t read it again for the first time. I still remember-read it a bunch, and still feel saddened by reaching the ending every time.

I don't EVER start an anime or a comic book unless the entire series is complete.

I rather miss out on the new stuff. There is plenty of completed comics and anime to enjoy.

I just keep reading The Neverending Story.