Comments on: All’s well that ends well

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:42:09 +0000

Best ending (though not series ending) would have to be Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead. So heartbreaking.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:17:56 +0000

I just finished reading Guillaume Musso's Seras-Tu Là? I loved the book, it was literally a page turner. When you thought the story couldn't possibly get any more interesting or exciting, he kept coming up with another twist! I was already dreaming of translating this book from French into English, but it's already been done under the title: Will You Be There? I haven't read it in English so I don't know if the translation is as good.

Anyway, when I read the last page, it fell flat. I thought, how could you possibly end such a great story like a deflated balloon. There were so many possibilities for a great ending and, in my opinion, he blew it.

By: Brad Jaeger

Brad Jaeger — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:57:57 +0000

Best Ending Ever: Hamlet

Worst Ending Ever: too many to mention

By: Mardi Link

Mardi Link — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:30:57 +0000

What and interesting topic. I was devastated for days after finishing Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Still am when I think about it. But however sad, his ending was entirely satisfying.

By: Lisa Eckstein

Lisa Eckstein — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:05:38 +0000

I'm sure I've read many of wonderful endings, but all that's coming to mind are the ones I didn't like.

I read Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers a long, long time ago, and all I remember is that an unpleasant revelation at the very end made me want to throw the book across the room. (I didn't, but only because I was on an airplane.)

I'm a huge fan of Audrey Niffenegger's two novels, except in both of them I wanted something different from the last few pages.

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein could have done without the final chapter, in my opinion, though I can see why it makes a more satisfying conclusion for some people.

But, man, endings are hard to write, so I sympathize with these writers.

I did like the ending of Inception, though.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:47:11 +0000

I loved the ending to an Agatha Christie novel she published under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott (it's not one of her whodunnits). The book is called Absent in the Spring, and the end is absolutely, tragically true to the character. She wrote another perfect ending for a novel called Giant's Bread.

By: Kristin Laughtin

Kristin Laughtin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:26:08 +0000

One of my favorite endings is to the short story "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke. Unlike most apocalypse stories, the ending is very quiet and subdued: "Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out." The show's over. It's done. The world is literally ending and it's doing so calmly. That contrast between what one would expect from an end-of-the-world scenario and what actually happens is captivating.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:07:31 +0000

Louise Erdrich's Shadow Tag was mediocre until the ending, which was pretty much perfect.

Smilla's Sense of Snow has the most confusing ending I've ever encountered. I've never met a reader who was entirely clear what happened--and not just in the "oh it's ambiguous" sort of way like in Inception, but in the "literally, what is occurring?" sort of way.

C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces is one of my all-time favorite books, but the ending reminds me why I never made a go of religion.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:37:33 +0000

Didn't like how Cold Mountain ended. Seemed pointless, like Frazier wanted to be Lucy to the reader's Charlie Brown.

By: Tom M Franklin

Tom M Franklin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:03:25 +0000

least favorite ending ever: The Somnambulist.

the first 3/4 of the book was great. the last 1/4 was stupid, insipid and downright insulting. goodreads doesn't allow for reviews with zero stars or negative stars so i wrote in my review that the one star i had to give the book should in no way be interpreted as any sort of approval for the book.

i wanted to sue the author to reclaim all the time i lost/wasted reading his book.

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