When you got lost inside a book... - Page 3

Originally posted by: Angel-likeDevil

Yes, many times. This happens always while reading any novel, unless it's too boring or just not good enough. But it's the after effects that scare me sometimes.

Usually, novel simply hovers around our mind, that's normal. But sometimes, it overpowers our mind and, it feels as though we're obsessed with what we've read. I somewhat hate it when I go off-course from reality and feel lost after having completed a book. I do get deeply engrossed and there'll be times when I dream about the characters in my sleep, when I'm reminded of the characters in daily life... I sometimes have hard time dealing with these after effects, and immediately, I feel the urge to read a book which might help re-orient myself.

The most recent extreme experience was when I read Wuthering Heights, IDK why it had such an impact on my psyche, my behaviour and all was kind of altered for 3-4 days, my parents thought I was depressed with something. I couldnt explain my embarassing situation... it was a strange situation. I thought I was going mental. I also recently read Caryl Philips' Nature of Blood and Crossing the River, and the female characters in these books also had an impact on me for quite sometime..

Originally posted by: zephyr29

lol looks like a scientific study was conducted to understand the phenomena of "getting lost in a book" and they have particularly used the Harry Potter series as research material 😆 Not something I agreed in fully but it was an interesting read

HERE'S THE SCIENTIFIC REASON WHY YOU GET LOST IN A BOOK

Originally posted by: Happy_hippy

Thanks for the link ! It was interesting,

, ya empathy towards a character is one thing..but sometimes the concept of the book itself overpowers the characters,, u feel drawn towards that idea...

Originally posted by: zephyr29

You're welcome 😊

You're right, sometimes more than the characters you end up connecting to the concept or theme of a particular book. This was what I felt while reading The Hunger Games. More than the characters it was the theme (forced participation in a televised reality game show with much higher stakes) which actually drew me in.