does anybody else feel attached to harry potter books when they have finished reading them?

Yes, I know exactly what you mean. So many people are attached to Harry Potter, as it is such a powerful series.

PS - I know this is a very boring answer :D

Absolutely. I think that many will agree when I say that finishing a good book series is like losing a friend.

I really have become attached to the characters and story of Harry Potter, so I understand where you are coming from. I've been a Harry Potter fan for almost 10 years; I can't just let that go just because the books are all written and read.

No, not really. I've read them all. And honestly there's nothing wrong with adults reading them (for any who have suggested so). Moreover, this is good story telling. When Stephen King's "On Writing" was released there were just the first three books out, and he recommended them! While I may have expected something more exciting in the afterward, or some more details, I think the ending was reasonably fitting. The whole point of it was for Harry--with the help of Ron and Hermione, especially Hermione--to not only find and destroy the Horcruxes, but to also come to understand the Deathly Hallows. Without this he could not have defeated Voldemort. In the end I had a sense of relief more than anything. RP

I feel the exact same way! When I'm reading the Harry Potter books, it feels as though it's real and I'm reading about my friends.

I remember when I bought the Deathly Hallows on the midnight release of it. I was so excited and I rushed home at 1am, grabbed my book, and sat down on a couch ready to read it. But then the realization of it took over me and I burst into tears. I can still remember the first day I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Philosopher's Stone), which was almost 10 years ago to date. Harry Potter had been my source of comfort and happiness during times of sadness and anger in my life, and the ending was there in my hands. The first page felt like a thousand pounds, but my curiosity took over and I read the entire book that morning/afternoon in just 7 hours with only 2 short breaks. I'm still so sad it's over with, but I will never forget how the series changed my life, and I will be sure to read the series to my children and my children's children.

I wasn't upset in the slightest. I felt complete. 11 years of my life were spent reading and waiting on those books. I was a fan from the start. Harry and I grew up together, basically. I was 7/8 when PS/SS came out. I can remember being in the car listening to Rick D's...and hearing him read the spoiler chapter for OotP...

Everything is so relate-able in the books. The characters, the plot, the feelings, the settings...even the entire world is a parallel of our own. Political turmoil and uprisings...disasters...everything.

Every time I finish the series (as I have multiple times), I get the fuzzies and butterflies, like I just finished looking at a photo album depicting my entire childhood...

With some books, yeah I do. For me it was Harry Potter and the Hunger Games trilogy that made me want to carry on reading after the story ended and it felt almost sad to discover I'd finished the books. I don't want there to be any more HP books - that would spoil the magic of them and I don't think it needs to be done - but I still feel oddly choked up when I read the last line of the final book

I totally understand and agree with you... I have read the whole series about 6 or 7 times...and every time I am done reading the series I feel as if I lost someone very important to me... but nonetheless I am extremely grateful for having decided to go into the world of Harry Potter, because it has taught me a lot and the books have been great friends for me throughout my life.

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Yes!! No matter how many times I read that series when I finish I always feel so empty. You should have seen me when I finished HP for the first time. I was just moping around the house holding the last book in my hands. My family thought I was nuts, haha :).

Now I want to read Harry Potter again...

I've only recently re-discovered Harry Potter after putting the books down for about a year, but since I saw the Deathly Hallows trailer I have turned into a rabid fan again.

I got so upset I started reading fanfiction, it's okay not as good as the original, then again I have only read 3, but they were like 100,000 or more words long. I don't like short stories :)

Yes! but I believe that is what authors set out to do. Good books make people feel that way about them. I always get attached to books after I read them. Expecially if they really touched me or I just loved them. I also felt that way when I finished reading the harry potter books. I don't know why but the ending seemed so unsatisfying!

A series like Harry Potter only ever comes around in a blue moon. I think it's hard to NOT get attached to them. I've read each of the books in the series about 12 times each and I never get bored. My poor books are tattered beyond belief haha