Reddit reviews The New York Trilogy: City of Glass; Ghosts; The Locked Room (Contemporary American Fiction Series)

Have you read Paul Auster's New York Trilogy? It's called a trilogy, but it's sold as a single book.

I don't know, but you might want to read this.

> A "good closer" would be actually, you know, saying good-bye.

When I read Animal Farm on a kindle it was without knowing the plot, without knowing how/where/when the story would end (also had no page count/completion bar to track progress). Finished the last page of the last chapter and swiped the screen, expecting more. Wanting more. Surely it couldn't end here? But it did.

Reframe the blog as a book. Posts are chapters. When you get to the end of a book does the author have to tell you good-bye?

>One sentence would do it: "Peace out guys, not really into this blog anymore, later."

Why do you think the author had that attitude about their blog/book? Who Bullies the Bullies is a satisfying final chapter. Tied up the themes, essence and ethos of the blog/book quite well. If I could edit the order of the posts/chapters I'd put the [Hipsters On Food Stamps series before it] (http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/11/hipsters_on_food_stamps.html)

>What would you think of someone who "ghosted" you in real life?

Ghosting? It happens. People drift apart. Has happened to me in real life. Seeing as you asked, what would I think? The person who 'ghosted' me has a life outside of my own. Hope that they're doing okay. Wish them happiness and health.

A question for you /u/thebecolony:

Why do you think Alone 'ghosted' the audience?

Humour my perspective...

If perchance we were to use our imaginations and see the blog as a book told in first person perspective, then The Last Psychiatrist is the title of the book and Alone is the narrator. Not the author.

Strongly recommend you read The New York Trillogy by Paul Auster. Specifically City Of Glass

Won't spoil it. Anyone on this sub who has read it will most likely see what I'm getting at.

>Why aren't you angry at Alone?

Why would I be angry at a fictional character?

>...He made you feel small. He made you feel unworthy. (The problem isn't x, the problem is you.) Maybe it's more correct to say he confirmed your feelings of smallness and unworthiness. It's what got him clicks. So when he finally disappeared without a word, you felt like you deserved it.

Why would I feel that way about an author finishing their fucking story?