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Post: 5136085_1 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:30:00 +0000
Posted: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:30:00 +0000

Well, there are many things in a book that you could hate. One of the most common hated in books is the ending. So, tell me, what is your least favorite type of ending? (i.e unhappy, cliff hanger, ect.)) I myself hate an ending that is happy for some reason. I just dont like it when they get what they want because it always happens.

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Post: 5136085_2 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:54:20 +0000
Posted: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:54:20 +0000

Same here. Happy endings suck. I like the ones that keep you guessing or end in the worst way thinkable. The way no one thought it would end, like a sudden twist...

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Post: 5136085_3 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:55:23 +0000
Posted: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:55:23 +0000

Kinda like an ironic ending?

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Post: 5136085_4 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:55:54 +0000
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"Cop-out" endings; aka, where it feels like the author had a good thing going, but then tried to cobble everything together in the end to the point where it appears to defy logic, or else feels incredibly cheezy *cough-HP5-cough*
"Omg teh plot tsiwt!" endings; 'clever' plot twists that turn out nauseatingly cliche or just plain stupid *cough-SecretWindow-cough*
"It was all a dream!" endings; I don't think I need to explain why they suck.

I also dislike endings that don't have a clearly defined sense of resolution. The kind of endings that leave you unsure if there's going to be a sequel or not. Also, unecessarily happy endings where everything fits together too neatly to be realistic. But conversely I don't like endings which are needlessly nihilistic. Ideally I want a sense of realism and closure to my endings; where I can identify with the author and where the characters are coming from. I don't have to always like it, but if I can accept and respect it it's good enough for me.

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Post: 5136085_5 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:15:02 +0000
Posted: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:15:02 +0000

You know...an erotic ironic ending would be kinda creepy....

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Post: 5136085_6 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:17:00 +0000
Posted: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:17:00 +0000

i hate the ending of "the giver"
u have to make up your own ending
it suck

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Post: 5136085_7 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:18:36 +0000
Posted: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:18:36 +0000

I loved that book, but there were some things in it that creeped me out.

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Post: 5136085_8 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:56:50 +0000
Posted: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:56:50 +0000

The Giver's ending was good. I wanted to know more, but it left it up to my oh~so~creatively~demonic mind to finish it.

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Post: 5136085_9 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:00:09 +0000
Posted: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:00:09 +0000

What the ending after the book ending to me was that he was forced to eat the baby for survival and was then raised by wolfs...Strange...yes...

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Post: 5136085_10 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:19:25 +0000
Posted: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:19:25 +0000

i like twists in the end or twisted endings to me they are more fun! i hate the ones that say "and they lived happily ever after" yuck something horrific would be cool but not something saying "and they blew up" those endings i hate too. i also like the ones with the poem endings like in the movie "identity" that was good

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Post: 5136085_11 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:13:19 +0000
Posted: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:13:19 +0000

Well...i don't really like predictable endings...

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Post: 5136085_12 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:27:23 +0000
Posted: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:27:23 +0000

Happy endings really aren't that bad as long as they don't just kill some big evil... thing, and then everything becomes magically perfect and it's so sickly happy.

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I hate that kind of happy ending.

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Post: 5136085_13 created on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:36:20 +0000
Posted: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:36:20 +0000

I hate happy endings because they are always happy and that makes it boring aand onother ending I hate is the ones where the character is just like walking through the forest and then it's over it doesn't tell what will hapen it's just over SHOULDN'T BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! domokun domokun domokun