Books with terrible endings.
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Diana A.
GOTHENBURG,
Sweden
1730 posts
OG since: 10/26/2009
"My sister's keeper" had a pretty unexpected ending. (It was diffrent from the film..)
It kid of turned everything up side down. But I guess that's whan Jodi Picoult wanted, to surprise the readers..
I didn't like it though.
posted Feb 17, 2010
Alexe G.
MONTREAL,
Canada
1932 posts
OG since: 03/22/2009
It was a strange ending, I think it's stupid that they switched it up in the movie though...
posted Feb 17, 2010
Jen O. C.
VANCOUVER,
Canada
3626 posts
OG since: 02/18/2009
Endings are the hardest part of a book to write imo, so I tend to cut the author a break a lot of the time. I generally dislike epilogue endings; I don't need everything wrapped up in a neat little package, thanks.
posted Feb 18, 2010
Rachel C.
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE OCEAN,
Canada
1503 posts
OG since: 06/30/2009
I hate those ending where it seems like the book just suddenly stops, without actually ending. Although I love China Mieville's books, several of his (but not his most recent one) do that, and so does Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake. There's others I can't remember now, too.
I thought 1984 ended pretty well, though, Jepina and Illiana.
posted Feb 18, 2010
Cara E.
HERTFORDSHIRE,
United Kingdom
379 posts
OG since: 10/05/2009
It's a play, but 'The Tempest' has an awful ending.
posted Feb 18, 2010
Harriet W.
BEAUTIFUL BRISTOL,
United Kingdom
496 posts
OG since: 03/12/2009
'a certain age'
i can't remember who wrote it,
but i remember the ending was shit.
saying that, i take it back,
it was shit the entire way through.
posted Feb 18, 2010
Morgan T.
United States
340 posts
OG since: 01/31/2010
fahrenheit 451 just turned completely whacky
posted Feb 18, 2010
Diana A.
GOTHENBURG,
Sweden
1730 posts
OG since: 10/26/2009
The movie was actually better than I expected.
I cried for over half the movie. And Abigail Breslin (playing the Anna) acted excellent
posted Feb 18, 2010
Zahraisabelle L.
XANADU,
Sweden
4766 posts
OG since: 08/28/2009
Really?
I loved that ending (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close), it's my favorite book ever. Haha.
I thought it was beautiful, dissolving, sort of slipping away as you read it. Like a dream when you try to explain it. Idk, I just liked it. :)
posted Feb 18, 2010
Joy D.
GHOST WORLD,
United Kingdom
2696 posts
OG since: 01/11/2010
I agree! So much so, that I can't even REMEMBER how it ended, and I quite liked the rest of the book. Even though it was weird.
posted Feb 18, 2010
Jen O. C.
VANCOUVER,
Canada
3626 posts
OG since: 02/18/2009
I loved it too :)
posted Feb 19, 2010
Elle B.
THE SF/BAY AREA.,
United States
36 posts
OG since: 06/22/2009
your statement about the ending of 1984 is probably exactly how i felt about it.
it just wasn't satisfying. though i loved the concept and the whole rest of the book.
posted Feb 19, 2010
Nicole S.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
United States
166 posts
OG since: 06/12/2009
Lord Of The Flies. the last page and a half was so stupid. -__-
posted Feb 19, 2010
Amy S.
EL DORADO,
Australia
10 posts
OG since: 02/19/2010
Cormac Mcarthys The Road, Its such a linear plot. stagnant and boring.
posted Feb 20, 2010
Rosie G.
A SOFTER WORLD,
United Kingdom
57 posts
OG since: 04/04/2009
The ending of the amber spyglass really annoyed me, it just didn't fit.
Personally I really liked the ending of 1984.
posted Feb 20, 2010
Suzanna T.
ROSS-ON-WYE,
United Kingdom
144 posts
OG since: 03/02/2009
Harry Potter.
Had to throw that one out there...
And I think Shakespeare rushed the end of Romeo and Juliet (:
posted Feb 20, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin.
I do NOT understand why people say this is an "empowering" book, or even a good one... The lady pussied out in the end and passively died after fucking up her life and everyone else's, pretty predictable and pretty boring. And maybe it's just my 21st-century tastes, but the writing was just a pain in the ass to get through...
Yeah, maybe its actual publication by a female writer is "empowering," but I find the book itself to be on the lame side.
posted Feb 21, 2010
Emily D.
NOVA SCOTIA,
Canada
1969 posts
OG since: 01/17/2010
Oh man, I hated the end of the Amber Spyglass. My family read it aloud together when I was a kid, and I cried for about a week. Even re-reading it now still upsets me. Too bad, the books themselves were amazing.
posted Feb 21, 2010
Kat S.
ATHENS, OHIO,
United States
20 posts
OG since: 02/27/2010
i don't get the hate for "1984" and "fahrenheit 451." i loved "the road" also. there's nothing stagnant about what mccarthy evokes. that is how i know he is a genius.
the most unsatisfying ending comes when a book you are truly absorbing has no more pages left to turn.
posted Mar 23, 2010
Rena E.
NORTH CAROLINA,
United States
32 posts
OG since: 01/12/2009
i hated the ending of go ask alice that i ripped out the last page. i sure showed that book.
posted Mar 28, 2010
Viki C.
LDN,
United Kingdom
1701 posts
OG since: 03/18/2009
ugh the last harry potter. why the shitty epilogue? why the naming of the kids?
guh it was terrible.
posted Mar 28, 2010
Esmeralda R.
NEVERLAND,
United States
53 posts
OG since: 01/12/2010
"angels on the sunset boulevard" by melissa de la cruz
weirdest ending ever.
i thought there was a mistake with the printing.
anyway, other books form this author are waay cool
posted Mar 29, 2010
Catherine C.
DETROIT,
United States
141 posts
OG since: 07/29/2009
A Tale of Two Cities and Angelas Ashes
posted Mar 29, 2010
Moon T.
MOON,
United States
53 posts
OG since: 02/17/2010
Flow my tears, the policeman said by Philip K Dick
Most of the book is phenomenal, one of his most well-written.
And yet he included an epilogue that made me want to take a shit on the book.
posted Mar 29, 2010
Caroline M.
CENTRAL PERK/MANHATTAN,
United States
85 posts
OG since: 03/08/2010
im not sure, but i just saw this movie Cheri with michelle phieffer
good. until the ending at with some random anouncer saying :
" but eventually Cheri realized things would never be the same and he put a gun to his own head"
posted Mar 29, 2010
Sophie R.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
4384 posts
OG since: 01/21/2010
My friend was bugging me for ages to read The Time Travelers Wife and I thought it was terrible, the book dragged on so much and the ending was soo predictable. I like books that actually make you feel for the characters and that one did not succeed. The film was even more terrible so I would recommend it!
posted Mar 30, 2010
Kirsten E.
Canada
157 posts
OG since: 03/30/2010
I'm sure many ppl have had to read catcer in the rye for school? anyways I hate the ending because it really goes nowhere
posted Mar 30, 2010
Stephon C.
FLORIDA,
United States
395 posts
OG since: 12/15/2009
The Giver
it keeps you hanging on wondering if they made it
posted Mar 30, 2010
Judaith Inigo M.
TRAVERSE TOWN,
United Kingdom
18 posts
OG since: 01/28/2010
The ending to the His Dark Materials trilogy is just wrong. So well written, exactly as the author had intended it to be, but excruciating. The ending to a series should not make you vow never to read any of it again *sniff* I don't want to talk about it.
posted Mar 31, 2010
Cassandra M.
PENNSYLVANIA,
United States
282 posts
OG since: 08/26/2009
I remember reading that in 8th grade and it absolutely killed me not knowing. It still bothers me to this day...
posted Mar 31, 2010
Cering G.
Canada
2218 posts
OG since: 03/25/2010
Eww that Harry Potter epilogue made everyone wanna puke.
Also,
the end of 'Grapes of Wrath'.
Which is also the most boring book ever.
posted Mar 31, 2010
Noor S.
MELBOURNE,
Australia
1699 posts
OG since: 12/15/2009
Hahaha agreed on Harry Potter and freaking Breaking Dawn. Damn Twilight books.
The first time I read Catcher in the Rye the ending pissed me off, but then I read it again and understood it better.
posted Apr 1, 2010
Noor S.
MELBOURNE,
Australia
1699 posts
OG since: 12/15/2009
Oh and this is a movie but the ending to Shutter Island done my head in. I feel like the mental patient now.
Someone please explain.
posted Apr 1, 2010
David M.
RICHMOND,
United States
1778 posts
OG since: 05/07/2009
by the most recent one do you mean the city and the city?
that book was amazing :)
posted Apr 1, 2010
David M.
RICHMOND,
United States
1778 posts
OG since: 05/07/2009
yeah i agree
i'm not sure how else it could be better though
posted Apr 1, 2010
Yna A.
PHILLY,
United States
713 posts
OG since: 02/04/2009
I basically worship every word of Harry Potter except the epilogue. It was ridiculous and unnecessary. Left nothing to the imagination.
posted Apr 1, 2010
Rachel C.
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE OCEAN,
Canada
1503 posts
OG since: 06/30/2009
Yes, I did mean The City. I loved that book so much. I was so into it while I was reading it, that I found it actually affected what I expected to see when I went outside, almost as though I would suddenly be in a split city myself. He's an amazing author.
posted Apr 1, 2010
Tiffany K.
THE PACIFIC OCEAN,
United States
2083 posts
OG since: 06/01/2009
What? I thought the ending was fine, what was wrong with it exactly? Not my favorite book but I won't deny that it was amazingly written.
posted Apr 2, 2010
Meta H.
SAN FRANCISCO,
United States
206 posts
OG since: 02/04/2010
Youth in Revolt.
its soooo funny and good, a real "page turner", and then it ends so abruptly and its terrible erhghgh. D:
posted Apr 2, 2010
Stephon C.
FLORIDA,
United States
395 posts
OG since: 12/15/2009
i know its a buzz killer
posted Apr 3, 2010
Nicole S.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
United States
166 posts
OG since: 06/12/2009
I hated how there was so much action with all of the boys, and so much suspense, and then out of no where it just ended and they were rescued. It was dissapointing to not have any build up to the rescue. But i thought everything else was really good, i liked it all but the ending.
posted Apr 4, 2010
Leila H.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
259 posts
OG since: 06/15/2009
JK Rowling absolutely destroyed the final harry potter book by making it happily ever after. and those were such shit names to give children. in my opinion.
posted May 31, 2011
Charlotte S.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
655 posts
OG since: 05/16/2010
harry potter... Y DID IT HAVE TO END
posted May 31, 2011
Ceci L.
DORSET,
United Kingdom
234 posts
OG since: 07/01/2010
Agreed! I would have changed the whole ending.
posted Jun 15, 2011
Robin H.
PLYMOUTH,
United Kingdom
3228 posts
OG since: 06/04/2010
Breaking Dawn. that whole book was a shit ending
posted Jun 15, 2011
Eloise Clemence ..
KENT,
United Kingdom
74 posts
OG since: 03/29/2010
'Enduring Love' the ending was awful ... but then again the whole book was pretty shit.
posted Jun 15, 2011
Aubree E.
PHOENIX, AZ,
United States
106 posts
Member since: 06/03/2011
'The Bell Jar' just makes me mad.
To those who think it's the female equivalent to 'Catcher in the Rye'....
WHAT. THE. F***ING. HELL.
posted Jun 17, 2011
Dana L.
EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE,
Philippines
2363 posts
Member since: 08/27/2010
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. For me, it ended quite awkwardly.
Oh, Her Fearful Symmetry was another one. I don't think she used the right words to end it.
posted Jun 17, 2011
Kirsty M.
WALES,
United Kingdom
372 posts
Member since: 01/08/2011
Not exactly a book, more a short story but 'The Withered Arm' by Thomas Hardy was dreadful. One of those that come across as though he was really bored of writing and had no ideas so he just thought "Fuck it!". Another ending that I think is dreadful is "Romeo and Juliet" - Shakespeare. I know there'll be a lot of people who disagree with me but I truly believe good ol' Will was having an off day when he wrote the final act. Love x
posted Jun 17, 2011
Elise :.
SYDNEY,
Australia
932 posts
Member since: 03/20/2011
Every Jodi Picoult book. ARGHH.
posted Jun 18, 2011
Mary M.
TEXAS,
United States
80 posts
Member since: 10/11/2010
Villette by Charlotte Bronte. I felt really dismayed when I finished it. Almost the whole book was spent building up to something, but in the end it was all just torn down. But it did make the rest of the book a ton more believable. It was almost sort of necessary.
posted Jul 19, 2011
Kate M.
NEWCASTLE,
United Kingdom
96 posts
Member since: 02/18/2011
the ending of 'catcher in the rye' was such a disappointment to me, i expected it to be a lot better than it was
posted Aug 4, 2011
Chris F.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS,
United States
6820 posts
OG since: 06/21/2009
That entire book was a disappointment given all the hype people praise it with.
posted Aug 23, 2011
Chris F.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS,
United States
6820 posts
OG since: 06/21/2009
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. It's like she just completely gave up on the plot... characters... world. "I'M SICK OF THIS BOOK, let's just tie up these loose ends and be done with it." So awful.
posted Aug 23, 2011
Molly G.
United Kingdom
73 posts
Member since: 08/08/2011
Dear John, arrgh. The ending really annoyed me.
posted Aug 23, 2011
Tim G.
OUDENAARDE,
Belgium
225 posts
Member since: 05/21/2011
Books of Japanese writers.
They always let the main character's beloved ones die.
It's often very frustrating. (':
posted Aug 23, 2011
Cass E.
NERDFORD,
United Kingdom
733 posts
Member since: 02/19/2011
Harry Potter. What a huge shame.
posted Aug 23, 2011
Kate M.
NEWCASTLE,
United Kingdom
96 posts
Member since: 02/18/2011
I did enjoy the book but I do agree that it gets far too much praise.
posted Aug 24, 2011
Steph B.
YORK,
United Kingdom
230 posts
Member since: 06/13/2011
yup, ending to harry potter was terrible!
posted Jan 14, 2012
Becky B.
2005,
United Kingdom
593 posts
Member since: 08/28/2010
I was going to say that.
I am a die-hard Harry Potter fan but from the age of 11, I wanted him to sacrifice himself and die for the greater good, all Jesus Christ-stylee. I was so passionate about how much I wanted him to die.
And then what do I get? "All was well"? Fuck off!
posted Jan 14, 2012
Cass E.
NERDFORD,
United Kingdom
733 posts
Member since: 02/19/2011
GREATER GOOD
Yeah, I read and loved Potter since I was, let's see, 5 (bloody hell), and I don't remember when I decided I wanted Potter dead for the greater good (I don't think that far ahead like you xD) but I agree. Nothing's self-sacrificingly stylish as self-sacrificing Jesus-Christ-style!
posted Jan 14, 2012
Becky B.
2005,
United Kingdom
593 posts
Member since: 08/28/2010
Self-sacrifyingly stylish! I love the alliteration!
posted Jan 14, 2012
Cass E.
NERDFORD,
United Kingdom
733 posts
Member since: 02/19/2011
Bit of a mouthful, isn't it? xD
posted Jan 14, 2012
Becky B.
2005,
United Kingdom
593 posts
Member since: 08/28/2010
Haha did you say it aloud too?
posted Jan 14, 2012
Vera S.
GERMANY,
Germany
217 posts
Member since: 01/03/2012
everything written by kafka :D
posted Jan 15, 2012
Mandi S.
WINDSOR,
Canada
322 posts
OG since: 02/28/2010
I was just about to write Villette, when I noticed your comment. For such a long book, the entire story just twists around in the last paragraph. Left me in shock for a day or so, but I loved it all the more.
posted Jan 17, 2012
Tok V.
Germany
413 posts
Member since: 12/03/2011
The ending of "Hello Mr God This Is Anna" was quite shocking. The book is about a man that finds a little orphan girl that is stunningly intelligent. The book is about how that little girl of five years teaches the man how to see and understand the world.
In the end - Anna just dies.
posted Jan 18, 2012
Noah ..
A PLACE WHERE I LONG TO FORGET,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
108 posts
Member since: 12/30/2011
How did it end in the book??
posted Mar 24, 2012
MaryAlice M.
WONDERLAND,
United States
811 posts
Member since: 09/14/2011
The Tangle Wood Secret (scarred me when I was a child) wretched ending.
posted Mar 26, 2012
Roselinni C.
GREENFIELDS,
Philippines
185 posts
Member since: 11/13/2011
The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore ending pissed me off! I wasn't expecting that the happening will be shifted to the main character who was the main victim in the crime. I kind' like it at first, but when I continue reading, it just gave me a puzzled mind...
posted Mar 28, 2012
Margaret S.
RIVERSIDE,
United States
9 posts
Member since: 03/10/2011
Books with terrible endings are the worst thing ever. A few months ago I was reading, "The Phantom of Manhattan" by Frederick Forsooth (I think) and the ending was the worst! It wasn't even how it ended that made me mad, it was the way it was written. There was no climax; it was so monotone and unemotional I wanted to scream. Thankfully, I didn't spend too much money on the book...
posted 18 days ago
Shaz O.
United Kingdom
1262 posts
Member since: 12/08/2010
what happens in the book?
posted 17 days ago
Shaz O.
United Kingdom
1262 posts
Member since: 12/08/2010
Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood, amazing futuristic Novel, but i do not understand what actually happens in the end
posted 17 days ago
Peter D.
ANDROMEDA,
Philippines
145 posts
Member since: 12/21/2011
Im not really a bookworm or such, but I've finished reading mockingjay (third installment of the hunger games trilogy) I didnt like the epilogue. I didnt felt that satisfying feeling when I finished the book :| I really dont like the epilogue its like it was not suzanne writing, or it was probably rushed or she ran out of ideas to wrap up the ending.
anyway I agree with Jen.
posted 17 days ago
Katie W.
United States
9 posts
Member since: 11/07/2011
i hate when books leave a cliffhangers... like when i read the giver a few years ago it ended by not giving details to what happened.. arrgg!! i hate when that happens :P
posted 15 days ago
Issa V.
1986,
Philippines
241 posts
Member since: 04/11/2012
I hate it too! This is the only time I like the movie better than the book. I hate the ending but like the whole concept of the book
posted 15 days ago