A 'Happily ever after' ending Versus 'To be continued'
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Re: A 'Happily ever after' ending Versus 'To be continued'
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I agree Fernando! And I hope there is a sequel soon! Loved this one ...Ferdinand_otieno wrote:If the author chose to complete the the book in another way, then I would not have loved reading the book. I don't think there's anything wrong in his approach.
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I completely agree with this. I enjoy the different scenarios I can come up with, with a "to be continued" ending. I enjoy a strong ending as well, but again only if it is believable and doesn't just follow the "happily ever after" stigma because that just ins't the case much of the time.Darakhshan Nazir wrote:I prefer ' to be continued' only if the endings has that spark . I feel ' to be continued' leaves a long lasting impact that somehow plays with reader's mind and makes him wonder what will happen next . And don't leave out the point , that it will increase selling of next part. Moreover , happy endings aren't that much alluring these days because maybe now, some part of reader knows that ' happy endings' don't exist.
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Happily ever after is cliche, expected , routine , norm but 'To be continued' leaves something to the imagination, so to speak, arouse curiosity , leaves some suspense
...To be continued..........
Don't you agree?
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