Have you ever read a story and become so caught up, so involved in it that it sorta consumes you? And even after you finish reading 
it, you can’t stop thinking about it? You wonder if you should tell someone else about it or maybe write about it or read something completely unlike it, just to get it out of your head? And you have this very odd feeling that makes you immobile and you want to close all the curtains and sit in the darkness and concentrate on all the negative things in your life? And no matter what you do to try to return to the “now” of your mostly-fine life, there’s a heaviness that simply will not disappear?
Really? Oh.
Me neither.
Welllll...I remember not being able to put down "The Firm", even while driving, reading a couple of paragraphs while stopped at traffic lights.
ReplyDeleteBut this sounds a bit more complex than my OCD with that book. What on earth did you read? I have had a similar feeling after seeing certain movies. "A River Runs Through It" was one such experience. I swore I'd never see it again because it affected me in a very unexpected manner. Very heavy, very melancholy feeling.
Dan, "The Firm" was totally captivating to me, too, and when I finished it I had a very weird feeling, like I had to keep reminding myself I *probably* was not being watched in my car, at home, at work, etc.
ReplyDelete"About Schmidt," while amazing for Jack Nicholson's performance, was also a heavy, melancholy movie. I avoid these nowadays... don't need any help finding an excuse to stare at the walls all day. Unfortunately, with a book you can't always know that's how it's going to be until you're committed (in every sense of the word).
Nope, never happened to me. Never been reading a book and became so completely immersed in it and the characters that I had a completely irrelevant response to a question from someone... No idea what you're talking about.
ReplyDeleteNope, never happened to me. Never been reading a book and became so completely immersed in it and the characters that I had a completely irrelevant response to a question from someone... No idea what you're talking about.
ReplyDeleteWelllll...I remember not being able to put down "The Firm", even while driving, reading a couple of paragraphs while stopped at traffic lights.
ReplyDeleteBut this sounds a bit more complex than my OCD with that book. What on earth did you read? I have had a similar feeling after seeing certain movies. "A River Runs Through It" was one such experience. I swore I'd never see it again because it affected me in a very unexpected manner. Very heavy, very melancholy feeling.