Literary crack refers to
books that are very, very addicting. While some claim to have fallen victim to
LC from reading Harry Potter, the truest occurrence of
LC is found from reading Twilight.
Just like crack, literary crack will
screw your mind over in the end. Trust me, I suffer from it (from Twilight), and it's horrible. All you think about is the book, characters from the book, what the characters do in the book, ect. Basically, it consumes you.
From my own experiences, literary crack users need to read their book of
choice at least once a week. They constantly quote the book, too. Fansites about the book are usually where they are, and they are very picky about details when it comes to the book.
If the book happens to be made into a movie, they love to spend their time criticizing the actors, released clips, and photographs. They won't enjoy the movie when it is released, and will complain about cut lines/scenes and added lines/scenes. After all,
people on
LC do
know the book the best.
In serious cases of extreme
LC use, they begin to have no life, and instead take it upon themselves to become someone from the book.
Although it
may seem horrible to you,
LC users are quite happy. It is only until the last book is released, that they
go into a mental breakdown.