purplebee
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Jun 27, 2014 20:37:34 GMT
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Post by purplebee on Jan 4, 2015 15:07:12 GMT
I hate it when I fall in love with the characters and even though the story is finished, I want it to go on forever. I want to know what they had for breakfast and how was their day at work and who did they chat with. I want to be their friend. I bond with book characters too, nothing like as great story that sticks with you for a while!
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Post by anxiousmom on Jan 4, 2015 15:08:31 GMT
YES!!
I will say that the other thing I hate is when the book is supposed to be cryptic about the who done it (or major plot point) and you figure it out way before you are supposed to. If you want to build up to a secret, QUIT GIVING SO MANY FLIPPING CLUES.
Drives me insane.
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ghostie
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Post by ghostie on Jan 4, 2015 16:22:03 GMT
I hate that! The first book I thought of when I read this was In the Woods, by Tana French. It was a great book, but the way she handled the ending completely ruined it for me. I refuse to read anything else by her now.
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Post by atomicdog on Jan 4, 2015 16:45:07 GMT
To this day I haven't gotten over Gone With The Wind. I want to KNOW if Scarlett gets him back. And that sequel - whatever it was - was NOT written by the original author so whatever ending it has doesn't count - just give me the happily ever after please.
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georgiapea
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Jun 27, 2014 18:02:10 GMT
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Post by georgiapea on Jan 4, 2015 16:54:13 GMT
Yep, all the authors seem to do that now. I usually think "You could have gone on for another hundred pages, easily". Reading Stuart Woods these days is like reading a book's outline. Mahahahaha, at least he's stopped trying to write sex scenes because he's always been terrible at it.
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Post by *leslie* on Jan 4, 2015 17:09:29 GMT
I going to agree, I hate this too. It's disappointing when a book is wrapped up in a few pages right after the most climatic scene.
I'm not in any way a writer but I'm wondering if the end of the book is the hardest part to write. Maybe someone here that writes can answer. I remember in school when I had to write a story or an essay, the conclusion was always the most difficult.
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Post by gar on Jan 4, 2015 17:18:09 GMT
Sometimes it makes me wonder if I'm missing something....if I'm not intelligent enough to have 'got' something that was written a little cryptically perhaps. So yes, I like a decent ending.
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gottapeanow
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Jun 25, 2014 20:56:09 GMT
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Post by gottapeanow on Jan 4, 2015 22:56:09 GMT
An ending that ruins the book earns a poor rating on GR from me. Even if it's a series, it should have some kind of closure. IOW, you want to read more, you don't have to read more.
To me, The Giver was a perfect example of how to do this well. And even the Divergent and HG series did a decent job.
Maze Runner, not so much.
And I am the same way with movies. For example, I hate the movie "Sommersby" for just that reason. Huge dislike.
Lisa
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Post by darthbillysmama on Jan 5, 2015 8:07:24 GMT
I hate being disappointed with the endings of books! Last year I read a lot of books with satisfying endings on after another and I was thrilled about that!
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Post by Alexxussss on Jan 5, 2015 23:51:09 GMT
Or when the author gives minimal explanation of how all of these outlandish things happened in the book. (Don't want to give any spoilers away, so I won't reveal the title, but I was like, "yeah, the character is just very observant....right!")
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