Wow... It actually happened, It actually ended... This can't be... I finally finished the last page...Of the the last chapter... Of the last book... I just finished reading the best book series ever made, the inheritance cycle... it began with the book eragon and ended with the book inheritance... I remember how my heart sank when it said in big letters: THE END... the end it said... but then at the end of the book where the aurthor just says stuff he said: But now we must say goodbye to Eragon, Arya, Saphira and all the others. Thats when my brain began spinning... the end... Now i'm just completely dumbstruck on what to do... not reading the book everyday is so... unatural... Question: Have I induldged myself to far into this series, or is this normal for someone who just finished a big book series?
Dammit Paolini, why did you end it so quickly?
It's a bizarre feeling when you get to the end of a huge series you've been really invested in. I read The Baroque Cycle (Neal Stephenson) in my early twenties and when I got to the last 40 pages or so, I started rationing them out, because I wasn't ready for it to end. Then when it ends, it's almost like a pleasant version of grief. But once you've been so invested in a book series that you feel like this, it means you've got an addiction. A healthy addiction that you can indulge again and again. I haven't ready the inheritance cycle, but Half a King is a lovely little book of a similar type that I could highly recommend.
I just meant that once you've got hooked on one big book series, you will find yourself craving another series, just like an addiction. But it's a healthy addiction, so you can indulge that addiction as much as you like :)