'Selfless'
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."
I like the Lions ending, but then I'm along for the ride, no matter what GGK does.
ita, there's a
mislead. He doesn't tell you which of the two great duelists has won, then you find out in a twist that it is the El Cid character who died. I don't think which of the great men lives or dies is the issue. The suffering, lossand the decline of a great culture is where he leads you.
Ah. I see your point, and the cause of irritation. I hate when it's obvious that the author is hiding something from you. If they can do it so subtly you don't know what you didn't know until you learn it -- that's cool writing. Otherwise the mechanism overshadows the message, for me.
It's hard to pick, although I do like the ending of al-Rassan. It's such a complex, real ending. I hated it, but I like it, too.
Oh, I hate the...
Nevermind. Suela got there first. Actually, I think we've agreed on this before.
I adore Tigana beyond reason, though, and while I can see the flaws in Fionavar I can't look down at any book that can make me cry that many times.
I think Tigana has his best ending and is his best standalone novel.
I loved the ending of Tigana -- both Dianora's fate and the way the last few pages ended.
I also loved the weird business with the, um, I forget the name. The people who fight in their dreams? Straight out of an anthropological text, and completely out of place in the novel, but so very cool.
*goes and looks*
The Night Walkers of Certando.
This leads to a literary subject I've been thinking about.
Endings are hard. What are your favorite endings in books?
Specific endings or types?
Off the top of my head, Gatsby. The Glass Menagerie, if we're counting plays.
The Prince of Tides.
Oh, oh, oh -- Kavalier and Clay might have the most perfect ending ever.
Prayer For Owen Meany.