Does anyone actually like open endings. Like you don’t know for sure what happened to everyone and you are left to figure it out yourself?
Does anyone actually like open endings. Like you don’t know for sure what happened to everyone and you are left to figure it out yourself?
Not me.
No. I need to know what happens or I feel like the story just isn’t finished.
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Nope hate open endings, I need the closure I need to know what happened and how. If I read a book with an open ending I chuck it at a wall, scream at it and then ban it from myself
For me, it depends. Enough needs to be closed for me to feel satisfied, but I don’t mind something open. I can think of two books that had SOMEWHAT open endings.. one I liked, and one I didn’t.
I hate the “happy for now endings” I read one here a few months back and the girl is sitting there with the main love interest saying well we will divorce in 5 years but right now things are perfect. I hated that!
@Amanda oh wow. I haven’t encountered a book like that. That is really awful.
Not really, but it depends on the story.
Nope
Nooo
Open endings are only ok if it means a spin off series!
They make me sad, I always want to know more
Nope ?
It depends for me, I feel like there are some endings that are open but I feel closure from the events leading up to this ending. (Like the Hush Hush ending – I finished the first book extremely happy it if it had just ended there). But there are some where I’m ripping my hair out of my head trying to figure out what happens!
No
Nope
Nope, ever
NEVER
Example: DARK SWAN SERIES
Loved and hated it at the same time because of the ending
open endings usually mean a continuation. meaning….new book!! (yippee)
Depends on the plot and if it’s a standalone or series.
Not really, it just feels too incomplete for me :/
Nope. I hate them
While I prefer a closed ending most of the time, I actually do enjoy open endings. It really depends on the book or story itself, but if done correctly it makes a book BETTER. Leaves me thinking and breaking down the whole of story. I would recommend The Lady or the Tiger by Frank Stockton if you want a good one that ends a bit unexpectedly.
@Bridget I hate that story lol ?
What?! I loved it! I thought about that book for months, unsure of how I felt, when I realized Stockton was a genius! Few stories have left me so perplexed and so oddly satisfied. It’s definitely one of my favorites. I get where you’re coming from though. I remember I was happily scrolling through the story and it just ended. I flipped, thinking there was some kind of glitch on my computer or something. ??
@Bridget It’s just that I spent time reading it and then I came out empty-handed ?. I get where you’re coming from lol. It’s definitely thought-inducing.
Nooo
Umm….no. I actually dislike them so much that I wrote my next book, TIGER QUEEN, as a retelling of Frank Stockton’s infamous short story “The Lady, or the Tiger” (which has a cliffhanger ending) just so I could give it the ending it always should have had!!!
Nooo. I hate themmm. Like what’s the point of reading the whole damn book and going through the plot and conflicts with the characters only to not find out what happens to them?!
As long as I don’t have to wait forever for the next book to comes out otherwise I think about it too much
I hate them
It depends on how its left open. Like its a happy ending with some small things then its fine with me. Like when its overall closed but i dont need a book to tie up every single tiny detail etc
Sometimes
No one really. Everybody wants a concrete ending.
Noooooo
I hated them at first, but I’ve found a few that I actually liked better because it was open-ended, so it depends on the book.
I am an avid King-reader so yes, I love endings that you have to figure out yourself
Of course, it depends on the book itself and how well the “ending” is written.
Absolutely fucking not. I need closure ?
hate
It depends how it’s done. I thought Marie Lu did it well with both her Legend and Warcross series. Having the lead couple split up but then at the very end just reintroducing them. That way if you’re a fan of the couple, you’re left to believe they work things out and get back together but if you hated them, you could conceivably believe that they just stated friends. It’s a nice compromise. But too much ambiguity and you’re left feeling unsatisfied.
@Katherine I liked how she did Legend. I think thats the only book I’ve liked that kept it open.
Nooo I hate them
Nope! Neat bow for me please!
Dependa on the context ?
In movies yes
Nope… nuh huh…. nien….
Yes i love them! Not everything needs to be told.
Not in any shape or form. I need answers.
Absolutely not. Unless they’re gonna put out another book. ?
If it’s done well, yes. If it leaves too many loose ends or huge questions unanswered, no
Used to. Til that type of ending happened in my favorite book series by Robert Jordan.
14 Books, 11,582 pages of devotion and roller coasting emotion, only to be left unsatisfied.
Granted. If I had read any of Brandon Sanderson’s work before this point, I would have been prepared for that ending. But…Grrr! Lol
There was an open end in Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar that I didn’t like. One of the characters just ran off, and we don’t know what happened to them. That irritated me, but after time and rereading the novel, it was growing on me.
Nope. I need closing or it gives me a massive book hangover
Only if there’s going to be another book to answer my final questions.
I do not! I wish there was always a clear resolution
Even though I feel that way I still love Maggie Stiefvater
In short stories sure, but if I have a long and deep interest in the story, I will hate it.
I do depending upon the story. Sometimes an open end leaves me feeling satisfied if the story has answered all the big questions and concerns it posed throughout.
Most of the time, I’m disappointed with an open ending. I’ve invested my time in the story and characters, I want to know what happens to them…
No I don’t i hate them. I feel like I’ve wasted my time because there was no ending.
I don’t think I’ve experienced this in a book before. It happens loads in films and in 99% of cases I hate it! So I think I’d like it even less in a book, after putting all that time & emotion into it.
Hell no
No. I also hate when there are choices. The last Dark Tower book has 2 endings and a warning about the second ending. Of course I was going to read both, but when I did, I yelled at the room b/c it was messed up!
Not at all!!!!!!!!!!!????
Sometimes. Only if your almost 100% sure of how it’s going to end.
Nah. Like I read books instead of focusing on reality BC I don’t wanna deal with that kind of uncertainty ? Why would I wanna guess the characters’ future after I paid around $15-20 for that book ?
No. I want my end. And any other who does open endings shouldn’t have any problem with fanfic lol. I need my ending from someone!
I absolutely hate it. One of my problems with The Handmaid’s Tale.
@Pamela I’ve heard that about the book. On the upside, there’s a sequel coming out in the next one or two years, I believe. So maybe some answers?
Eh probably. But the first one was so boring anyways. I only finished for a book club
Sometimes it works, if it is done well. But that’s very rare. Most of the time, I like clear endings where I know exactly what happened.
Nooooooooo
Absolutely NOT!!!!
Depends on the story and if the open ending actually implies something good. In the trilogy of Daughter of Smoke and Bone the open ending was quite fitting. Most of the books had some philosophical theories explained through fantasy
I like open endings for romance. Like when the couple gets together and you can assume it’s happily ever after but the exact details aren’t spelt out
Yess! Endings gotta be that way…A room full of readers imaginations..
Only if there is a sequel. Because i wont be able to handle it trying to figure out what happened. Just the thought makes me shudder
If I had to choose between a really, really bad ending and an open ending, I guess I’d prefer the open one – this way I can let it finish in my mind all the way I want it to. But basically: Hell no!