It's funny, I am generally bad at remembering anything more than whether I liked a story or not, and I have read only a couple of books more than once, so I have forgotten most storylines and structure points altogether.

I can't recall one single book ending that I remember loving. That said, I do know that I liked Geek Love a lot and did not like the ending. That I couldn't deal with The Cider House Rules even having an ending (it should have gone on forever). And that I liked the ending of Mystic River, because it speaks to the story continuing without leaving you saying "But what happens?", like many books do.

It's an interesting thing to think about.

Didn't I say I was a mass-market avoiding snob? I demand no less.

Did I mention my theory on why you find Viggo somewhat disturbing?

Did I mention my theory on why you find Viggo somewhat disturbing?

No, no you've neglected to.

I can't remember other endings. There are books I liked or loved, but Owen Meany was the one where I looked at the ending, and thought about the whole again, without there being any sort of twist.

I loved the end of Map of Love. (I loved the way it was so much a weaving, which was also an element of the story.) It brought everything into this mythic structure and felt so completely right. I guess, I like the ending if it seems to fit the rest, so a lot of stuff. But I lovelovelove when I get to the end with a major WHOA and I feel compelled to reread with the new subtext I get in the last section.

Joyce's "The Dead" also achieves a terrible/beautiful lyrical quality in the final passage.

Joyce makes me shake for a whole different reason.

I love the ending of the movie (don't know if it's in the book) Barry Lyndon.

Everybody's life has, one way or another, been destroyed. Then there's a voiceover with titles: (paraphrase) "Rich or poor, good or bad, lucky or unlucky, they are all equal now." Sent chills up my spine.

Joyce makes me shake for a whole different reason.

Are we talking about Molly Bloom now? checks notes...

Are we talking about Molly Bloom now?

Speaking of great endings....

I love the ending of the movie (don't know if it's in the book) Barry Lyndon.

Everybody's life has, one way or another, been destroyed. Then there's a voiceover with titles: (paraphrase) "Rich or poor, good or bad, lucky or unlucky, they are all equal now." Sent chills up my spine.

Terribly underrated movie (although one of Scorcese's favorites) and Michael Horden's narration was wonderful.

taps foot waiting for deb's inevitable Kubrick rant :)

I think my favorite ending is "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" because Flannery has had a dark and comic tone through the whole story, and that tone leads you to a place of spiritual revelation. Where the old woman and the Misfit (one a fussy, vain, shallow biddy, the other a stereotypical killer) are exposed to each other in a deeply human way. And the darkness, and the comedy and the violence are not misleads at all, but how you get to that humanity. And it encapsulates all that not only in a narrative moment, but in a highly quotable quote from one of the characters.