I love the ending of Possession. It makes me cry and cry. But I am a sap like that.
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
flea - Mar 11, 2004 5:54:03 am PST #1241 of 10002
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Steph L. - Mar 11, 2004 6:11:05 am PST #1242 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Are we talking about Molly Bloom now?
Speaking of great endings....
I thought the greatness of that ending was a given.
Steph L. - Mar 11, 2004 6:13:30 am PST #1243 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Oh! The ending of Charlotte's Web, of course:
"It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both."
Which I quite seriously want as my epitaph. Well, with my name instead of Charlotte.
Nilly - Mar 11, 2004 6:25:37 am PST #1244 of 10002
Swouncing
Part of the problem is that most of the time I don't think of a book as having a good ending -- I think of it as a good book, with the ending a seamless part.
Exactly.
What do you mean by "ending"? The last sentence or paragraph, like the one Teppy quoted above? Or the last twist of the plot, like what I'm guessing makes flea cry?
Susan W. - Mar 11, 2004 6:37:02 am PST #1245 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm having a hard time thinking of a specific favorite ending. Really, any ending where the climax flows naturally from what led into it, and there's enough denouement (sp?) that I don't feel as if I was left hanging makes me happy.
Well, there's The Shawshank Redemption, but since it's the movie rather than the book that makes my desert island list, I'm not sure it's germane to this discussion.
Dana - Mar 11, 2004 6:40:17 am PST #1246 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, yeah, Possession. Makes me cry too.
(As opposed to Joyce, who just gives me hives. Not the good kind. To clear that right up.)
Consuela - Mar 11, 2004 6:42:36 am PST #1247 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm better at identifying bad or problematic endings.
The Poisonwood Bible? Check.
Corelli's Mandolin? Ohhh, yeah.
And so forth.
Good endings have to wrap up the plot, at least kinda sorta, and give emotional closure with the right kind of weight. They can't be too fast or too drawn-out (see Poisonwood Bible), they may include some kind of interesting twist, they shouldn't be stupid.
Betsy HP - Mar 11, 2004 6:45:08 am PST #1248 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Which I quite seriously want as my epitaph. Well, with my name instead of Charlotte.
Get in line.
Steph L. - Mar 11, 2004 6:53:13 am PST #1249 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Which I quite seriously want as my epitaph. Well, with my name instead of Charlotte.
Get in line.
Well, I'm in no rush to kick off, so....
Betsy HP - Mar 11, 2004 7:04:28 am PST #1250 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
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