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Originally Posted by gmw
I have to ask: Why have you never read the best book of the Harry Potter series? (Okay, so I should have put that less subjectively  , but you know what I mean.). |
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Originally Posted by issybird
I have a friend who will almost never read the last book of a series she loves. She likes to know that she's still got a book in it to read.
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^^ That's probably part of it. I think it's also partly because last time, I read the first 6 straight through, got a bit of genre fatigue, and needed to read something else for a bit, then I never managed to get back to the series.
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Originally Posted by gmw
Curious. It's not something I've ever really considered. If I like something enough I'll just turn around and re-read it sooner rather than later (on a few rare occasions, the very next day).
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I rarely re-read, and if I do, it has to be years later. If I haven't forgotten most of the small details, I end up getting an uncomfortable deja-vu-like feeling as my mind starts pulling in details ahead of where I am on the page. I initially read the series right after The Half-Blood Prince was released, and I didn't revisit it until 9 years later, in 2014. So it will be just under 5 years this time. Depending on how the first book feels when I start it this time around, I may end up putting it off for another year or two.