Do books ever make you love sick?

[ALynnPowers]

Sometimes books make me feel this one, and when I do, it's amazing! I'm usually such a skeptic about love.
I recently read a book called The Woodlands that just made me cry. It wasn't just about romantic love, but also about love between friends/sister and mothers and their children. Beautiful.

[LivreAmour217]

When I really enjoy a book, I get completely sucked into the characters' emotional experiences, so yes, I am often profoundly affected by love stories.

[Alexavier-Taiga]

Only if the characters remind my of my boyfriend and I, which isn't very often because I hardly ever find books with Homosexual leading men.
I did get a bit love sick while reading Brokeback Mountain because I understand the pain of living far away from your loved one. It would take me 24hours by commercial jet to see my bf.

[Duende Knocking]

I've never really felt lovesick for characters falling in love... but in the past I have felt a little lovesick for the characters themselves sometimes. Oops.

[Spontaneo]

Yes. A romance reminds me of how alone I am without a man...any other type of book keeps me occupied and distracted.

[Booklover11]

I have never felt love sick but I have read a book that completely broke my heart and led me crying for days afterwards. The book, Me Before You, absolutely wrecked me. I made my friends go with me to see it at the movie theater when it came out and we were all very puffy eyed afterward.

[Star88]

Yes. I'm jealous at how easily some characters find romance. It almost never happens like that in real life.

[Henrytbab]

No. I have read many books but haven't experienced it yet.

[Arite Seki]

I can't even lie and say there hasn't been a time a book hasn't made me lovesick. It doesn't happen as much anymore, it might be because I don't read that many romance novels lately. The only two books that I remember vividly are Naughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman and Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon. When I read them, the romance was enough to make me swoon and gush

[dianaterrado]

I have to say yes especially now, lol

[DyanaFl]

I don't think there's any good book that hasn't made me love-sick, at least to a certain extent. There's something so appealing about most romances, especially the old classics for me that it makes me really want something like that. But also I have the understanding that its just a book and my fantasies stay limited to the imagination. I can only hope that I have some of that excitement in my life as well and wait for it.

[Moira15]

Lovesickness is just one of many emotions that books made me feel. I loved Tris' relationship with Tobias, but I could create a very long list of couples who made me feel the same way. Just a few examples: Ruby Red trilogy's Gwen and Gideon, Katy and Daemon from the Lux series, Xera and Sayon from a Hungarian author's book titled as Varázscsók (Magickiss - not official translation). Beside lovesickness, I think it is natural to be affected emotionally by a book. I can go even further. If the author can't move the reader in some way, in any way then the story or the characters are not good enough.

[Elena Nechita]

I'm single right now and know I'm at my best, but some romance books really try me ). But in all seriousness, a good romance can absolutely make you crave something similar for yourself.

[Kayla Archer]

The Hunger Games.....
Also just because I associated the characters with their movie castings and I love Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutchinson

Great example! Yes to these examples. Redeeming Love got to me also.

[Sh3rW1]

I used to get really invested in couples of well-written romance books because I am a romantic at heart. I think about the couple's relationship for a few days after finishing a book until reality kicks in. Then, I remember that love like that is almost non-existent. It doesn't happen as much anymore, because I don't read romance as much.