Random Poll plz. 
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I keep saying that, I don't know for how long.) Anyway, just curious to have your opinion. In a book ending (in general), do you prefer
A) A satisfying, not necessarily happy ending, that provides full closure and a sense of satisfaction from reading the book, albeit, maybe being slightly predictable.
B) A happy ending; the protagonist succeeds with their quest and there is a hopeful future.
C) An ambiguous ending that provides no closure but allows for the reader to think on the subject and decide the characters' futures for themselves.
D) The unexpected ending; most likely depressing and shocking and perhaps disappointing at first, but fascinating to think about later on.
Thanks much to those who respond.
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But generally A. I love crappy chick lits. It's so generic, and you know the ending a quarter way through the book. It's amusing how authors keep trying to twist the untwistable.
I can't say I've read many Ds.... But I usually don't trust Cs. The problem is, with A, you can be a terrible author, and pull it off. But with C, you need to be able to pull it off in a way that actually makes people think, but not regret that they've read a 300 or so page book and it just ended oddly.
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I personally hate ambiguous endings. In a lot of cases, I kind of feel like it's a cop out for the author: doesn't want to offend anyone, can't decide, well then let the reader choose! Maybe that's not the actual thought process, but it still annoys me a bit....
So yes. Happy endings are almost always too cliche, but satisfying endings are what I want most out of a book, particularly if they're satisfying in a way I didn't expect! (Although any sort of satisfaction is better than none.)
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A's are my guilty pleasure as well.
My first novella was definitely a D (slightly crossed with a C), and I can tell you my current project is definitely going to be a C -- which is why I'm having such trouble finishing the story, because I'm obsessed was coming up with a way to present the ending in a way that it isn't anticlimactic.
Me too. 8D
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Personally I have a lot of difficulty writing good satisfying endings.
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I think I like the idea of a happy ending, or an ending that reaches full closure better than the execution.
If you want an anticlimactic ending, you could always steal off of Slaughterhouse Five, and just present it at the beginning. 'Course, that might not fit with your ending.
Oh. I always end up skipping climaxes. It just goes into such indepth and needless detail that I feel compelled to read a sentence, go to the next page, and that's that. (It's how I read books fast. ;D)
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