Book where the narrator talks to the reader directly, and begs them to stop reading?
I'm looking for a book where the narrator becomes aware that they are in a book, and they're aware that if the reader keeps reading, than something bad is going to happen.
The entire premise behind “The monster at the end of this book”
Also more subtle:
Lemony Snicket – Series of unfortunate events
Not begging, but making the reader aware that the events are indeed unfortunate
Jumbly_Girl on
*The Monster at the End of This Book*, by Grover.
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Series of unfortunate events might qualify
iridescentblip on
I don’t know how helpful it will be, but *The Monster at the End of this Book Starring Lovable Furry Old Grover* (1971) is a Sesame Street book that does exactly this.
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House of Leaves, by Mark Z Danielewski
Sufficient-Step6954 on
There’s a vampire book called The Lesser Dead where he tells you to go ahead and stop reading a couple times throughout the book.
Foreign_End_3065 on
Little Red Death by A K Benedict – it’s not from the beginning but about 30% through it becomes clear there’s a narrator talking directly to a reader…
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A Tale Dark and Grimm
CrimsonKing78 on
Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker. The first words are “Burn this book.”
SnyperBunny on
I think some of the chapter intros/outros from Sanderson’s Evil Librarians series are a bit like that. The main character definitely sometimes goes “if you don’t want to read such and such you should probably stop now.”
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*STOOOOOP! Do not turn the page!!*
kevstershill on
This Book Is Full Of Spiders words, as does Mr B Gone by Clive Barker.
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The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch! It’s a middle grade chapter book but still definitely worth a read. It definitely fits the requests and there’s a series of 5
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I can’t remember exactly but maybe The Book Thief
The entire premise behind “The monster at the end of this book”
Also more subtle:
Lemony Snicket – Series of unfortunate events
Not begging, but making the reader aware that the events are indeed unfortunate
*The Monster at the End of This Book*, by Grover.
Series of unfortunate events might qualify
I don’t know how helpful it will be, but *The Monster at the End of this Book Starring Lovable Furry Old Grover* (1971) is a Sesame Street book that does exactly this.
House of Leaves, by Mark Z Danielewski
There’s a vampire book called The Lesser Dead where he tells you to go ahead and stop reading a couple times throughout the book.
Little Red Death by A K Benedict – it’s not from the beginning but about 30% through it becomes clear there’s a narrator talking directly to a reader…
A Tale Dark and Grimm
Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker. The first words are “Burn this book.”
I think some of the chapter intros/outros from Sanderson’s Evil Librarians series are a bit like that. The main character definitely sometimes goes “if you don’t want to read such and such you should probably stop now.”
*STOOOOOP! Do not turn the page!!*
This Book Is Full Of Spiders words, as does Mr B Gone by Clive Barker.
The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch! It’s a middle grade chapter book but still definitely worth a read. It definitely fits the requests and there’s a series of 5