tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post7587858968078279240..comments2024-03-28T06:13:46.092-05:00Comments on Operation Awesome: Least Satisfying EndingsDena Pawlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444683810125395220noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-11245571586967436712013-01-06T20:33:44.630-06:002013-01-06T20:33:44.630-06:00I don't necessarily hate flashback endings, ju...I don't necessarily hate flashback endings, just like I don't necessarily hate (but often do) hate endings that do a time jump into the future.<br /><br />I think it's a question of whether the author does a good enough job of tying up all the loose ends before the flashback/time-skip, or if they're using the flashback/time-skip as a crutch so that they don't have to actually put effort into tying up loose ends in the present. JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218736617095103953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-83180006022460920202012-06-02T10:29:36.214-05:002012-06-02T10:29:36.214-05:00I hate it when the main underlying question from t...I hate it when the main underlying question from the first chapter(s) is not answered by the end of the book. The main thing that pulled me through the book, the main question I wanted answered, the reason for reading the whole dang thing, and then ... nothing. This seems to happen a lot in series books. I understand having a pull for the reader to move to the next book, but I still like the main question to be answered. And I don't generally like it when the MC dies in the end, or when the end is left open for the reader to imagine what might happen. That one drives me crazy. I like closure at the end of a book.Traci VWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158949570719862850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-16217486827170385982012-05-07T18:03:22.672-05:002012-05-07T18:03:22.672-05:00I'm gonna plead the fifth on the title of the ...I'm gonna plead the fifth on the title of the series which this post references. :) I've reviewed the books on my personal blog, so I don't feel the need to do it here, and I really just wanted to talk about endings. Plus, I have a lot of respect for the author. It turns out quite a few of my favorite authors like to drive me crazy with their endings. *shakes fist at favorite authors*<br /><br />Laurisa, rest assured I'm not talking about your book in this post!<br /><br />SC Author, I do always hate it when a main character dies in the end, but some authors have a way of making it almost beautiful when that happens (the Weasley twin in Harry Potter). Okay, maybe he wasn't a main character, but he was one of my favorites! <br /><br />Jennifer, you are so wise. "So add this to your list: NEVER have some unexpected outside influence solve the problem - always let your hero do it!" -I agree 100%Katrina L. Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-50159888818857271382012-05-05T23:59:39.632-05:002012-05-05T23:59:39.632-05:00I have to add a movie, well, a book but I only saw...I have to add a movie, well, a book but I only saw the movie: HG Wells' War of the Worlds. Sci-fi, took the teenage boys to see it, got caught up in it (Tom Cruise running through constant peril trying to save a little girl), and then . . . flat. The aliens suddenly self-destructed. Actually, it was a microscopic virus, and I know Wells wrote it that way for a reason, but it left me feeling very unsatisfied - to the point that I used it as an example in a writer's workshop for teens! So add this to your list: NEVER have some unexpected outside influence solve the problem - always let your hero do it!Jennifer Jensen (@jenjensen2)http://jenniferjensen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-48122690796442350822012-05-05T22:09:19.561-05:002012-05-05T22:09:19.561-05:00Wait a minute! This is a review blog, right? So it...Wait a minute! This is a review blog, right? So it's expected that you name names. Now I am frustrated because I don't know what books you are talking about.<br /><br />The worst endings for me are when the hero fights, and struggles and sacrifices all the way through the story and then at the end survives the disaster or gets the girl or whatever - and then is killed for no good reason at all. My family refers to these stories as Leviathans because in that movie the hero fights the monster, manages to be the last survivor, gets to the ocean's surface (it happens under water), is about to get rescued - and then gets eaten by a shark. So so so stupid! Two other stupid stories like that are Night of the Living Dead and Cold Mountain (I know it won an oscar but I hated it because of this reason.)Laurisa White Reyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500840034913586508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-31312846842908153902012-05-05T20:10:44.503-05:002012-05-05T20:10:44.503-05:00I think the worst ending of a book;
"Then I ...I think the worst ending of a book;<br /><br />"Then I woke up and it was all a dream."<br /><br />WHAT??? I actually read a book in 4th grade that ended that way. I was so mad for weeks.Krista McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230770035490273428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-90794239331403202892012-05-05T12:58:36.901-05:002012-05-05T12:58:36.901-05:00I hate when the dog dies, or the best friend is th...I hate when the dog dies, or the best friend is the traitor, or the main character dies. Maybe in the real world we can't have happy endings; but IN FICTION, I say writers should share a little sunshine when the day is done!DLMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-70466835938994914442012-05-05T00:38:50.642-05:002012-05-05T00:38:50.642-05:00I THINK I know which book you're talking about...I THINK I know which book you're talking about, but I don't want to name names... Is there a 5th book to the trilogy? Or was it THE END of The Ends?Brianna McBridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01476838262268584107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-41499540258713981272012-05-04T17:44:31.499-05:002012-05-04T17:44:31.499-05:00Also, do you hate when the main character dies at ...Also, do you hate when the main character dies at the end, even if it is for a really good reason? I've always wondered this :)SC Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382410035007943921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-79939349741177192182012-05-04T17:43:41.992-05:002012-05-04T17:43:41.992-05:00Katrina, I KNOW WHAT BOOK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. I...Katrina, I KNOW WHAT BOOK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. I was thinking, as I read this, "Is she going to talk about ____, because that's the one I hated the ending," and you did! EXACT same reaction I had (exact exact) when I finished the third one. I was literally waiting for it to end, like "yes, this is the conclusion of the trilogy!" and then the book ends and it's not done and I just stare at it. So angry. Like a firey anger. I didn't even read the fourth one, first: because it took so long to come out after the 3rd and 2nd: because I was still angry. I know exaccttly what book you are talking about! I think we're talking about the same book here, and I hope you caught the hints I put somewhere in the above passage :)SC Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382410035007943921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-60976429191989288412012-05-04T14:05:30.295-05:002012-05-04T14:05:30.295-05:00You forgot the super pissed ending. Where you hat...You forgot the super pissed ending. Where you hate how the story turned but love it enough to grieve for awhile and then pick up the second book.Eliza Tiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765731038856226730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-67015021252132623572012-05-04T13:51:38.650-05:002012-05-04T13:51:38.650-05:00Nice list!
I hate it when the author tries to fo...Nice list! <br /><br />I hate it when the author tries to force an epiphany on the main character at the end or tries to redeem the villain and it falls flat.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292139796803739003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-90089918923658366452012-05-04T13:41:43.025-05:002012-05-04T13:41:43.025-05:00I was going to say the same thing!I was going to say the same thing!Diana Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09617882696197032523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-44098092295130167112012-05-04T13:32:30.819-05:002012-05-04T13:32:30.819-05:00Ughhh, I read this fantastic mystery that just bui...Ughhh, I read this fantastic mystery that just built the tension so beautifully. I was flying through the pages, waiting to see what would happen, when the tension hit the breaking point, and...<br /><br />... an incidental character showed up out of nowhere to tell the MC that the antagonist was out of the picture and everything was okay. I thought for sure it was a trap, and I kept flipping the pages, and then the book just... ended. I was so disappointed!Becky Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891727235981320025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-34943202498206330892012-05-04T13:18:51.024-05:002012-05-04T13:18:51.024-05:00The Happily ever after kills me when it's show...The Happily ever after kills me when it's shown a few days after your whole families been murdered, and, really...you shouldn't be that happy.<br /><br />Luv the listE. Arroyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634213563563094173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-10638725376025923432012-05-04T13:07:45.957-05:002012-05-04T13:07:45.957-05:00LOL. Love the never list. adding another; Never su...LOL. Love the never list. adding another; Never sum up all the angst with two paragraphs of oh yah they worked that out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13459679966972124250noreply@blogger.com