Connie -- Oh, all of that is fine, it's just where it suddenly becomes a thriller, and after he saves the day he licks a puppy, and the end. It's a little too "And they all lived happily ever after, I swear."
Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.
'Shindig'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Strega - Jan 02, 2011 2:37:01 pm PST #13419 of 28282
Maysa - Jan 02, 2011 9:14:44 pm PST #13420 of 28282
I loved the ending of Kavalier and Clay. I thought it was perfect.
Me, too.
One of my favorite endings is in Maurice. The scene where Maurice goes to see Alec off at the ship and he's waiting with Alec's family and that horrible minister and everything goes wrong, wrong, wrong until he realizes that everything is going to be okay and there's that perfect sunset and the world is suddenly on his side - I could read that chapter 1001 times.
Dana - Jan 03, 2011 6:53:23 am PST #13421 of 28282
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
"Now we shan't never be parted."
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2011 7:03:46 am PST #13422 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A Prayer for Owen Meany, one of my fave books of all time, has a great ending. The entire book builds up to it, and it doesn't disappoint.
God, I adored this. It made me think of endings differently, and love the book forever. Nothing I'd thought of as a digression turned out to be one.
Liese S. - Jan 03, 2011 7:09:36 am PST #13423 of 28282
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I should reread, huh? Except it makes me cry and cry.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 03, 2011 7:43:39 am PST #13424 of 28282
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Oh, that's such a good book. Maybe I'll re-read too. Although I just got Hotel New Hampshire for Christmas, one of the few Irvings I haven't read yet, so I should probably read that first.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2011 7:57:45 am PST #13425 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Hotel New Hampshire
Jesus, I love that book. It is SO fucked up, and I love it to bits.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 03, 2011 8:00:04 am PST #13426 of 28282
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Hotel New Hampshire is probably my favorite modern book. I can't even put my finger on what about it speaks to me, and I think my friends think I am a sick fuck for loving it, but I just do.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 03, 2011 8:24:29 am PST #13427 of 28282
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
The Girl's been begging me to read it for ages. It's her favourite book ever. Don't know why it's taken me this long to get round to it. I generally love everything I read by Irving.
Laga - Jan 03, 2011 9:55:01 am PST #13428 of 28282
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
The first time I read Princess Bride I was pissed as hell at the ending but now I love it and often tack it on myself when I watch the movie.