Just finished Suttree, feels the same

duende?

I had a big book hangover with Pride & Prejudice last year. I cured it by reading another Jane Austen (Sense & Sensibility) and by watching the TV adaptation over and over again until I got it out of my system.

I experienced this after I finished reading Don Quixote. It had become my habit to pick up the book every night after work. I always felt excited before reading because I always expected to read more about their misadventures. I was like "what trouble are Don Quixote and Sancho gonna get into today?" But now it's over. And it's a sad feeling.

Nothing compares to finishing Leviathan Falls, book 9 of The Expanse. So empty...

I feel we could almost name it after Stockholm Syndrome, but without the negative connotations.

Narnia Syndrome?

I think the story could go a few ways. We are a greedy species, so I would expect a single nation to try to keep the power to itself.

pbd (post book depression) or story hangover

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I understand this feeling too well. 😌

I loved The Martian but I was an engineering student at the time. Looking forward to PHM but it’s checked out for so long at my library.

I should just buy it.

havent' read that one, maybe ill like it more.

Imagine how different YOUR beliefs would be if you were born and raised 100 years ago.

It's an absolute binge read. It's a compelling story with a lot of discoveries and exciting moments. There are many parts of the book that are absurd and can't possibly work, but the entire premise is absurd so I rolled with it and enjoyed the book for what it is. I found myself very attached to both Rocky and Grace as a result. It wasn't life changing, but as an optimist I always enjoy books where people work together to solve existential threats.

This sums it up well for me

I want a companion book showing how Earth survived. I've got some ideas. Sure, you can use mirrors and green houses and obviously Africa and the middle east will be new power houses... But imagine spin drives mounted in the air, just exhausting heat as they run on miniscule amounts of astrophage.

The whole series is amazing! I think I read all three books over the course of a few weeks.

If you don't geek out on science/math his books can be tedious. The Martian lacked an emotional component, Project Hail Mary had that in spades. I thought it was a much better book, but yeah, lots of science and math.

My friends made one during COVID 🙂. We meet weekly. The first hour is basically group therapy and catch up, the second hour we talk about the book. We are now spread across three states and it gives us an excuse to get together via video chat regularly.

You’re surprised that a man born before the Great Depression writes exaggerated pro-life stories?

It's disturbing how willing people are to self-censor for TikTok and Instagram. Makes me want to unal!v3 or sew3r slide.

I felt like that after Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Just wandered around the house feeling vacant

I'm with you. Entertaining enough, but badly written and way too long.

I saw someone mention that it's a book that feels very specifically Reddit-y in its humor, and I think that largely explains the popularity here. To boot, it's a very easy read with absolutely nothing going on below the surface (ie, it's very straightforward when it comes to the main character's emotions, which are not especially complex). And, of course, there's the fact that it fulfills the perfect fantasy of the main character >!saving the entire world and then making a huge selfless "sacrifice"—which is actually anything but—to also save his friend!<.

I was a little down after finishing Lonesome Dove. I felt kind of stupid about it.

How does one even find a book club nowadays? I didn't realise they still exist.