Shocking "Novel" Endings - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T13:57:36Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:137433?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A138311&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe only time I can remember…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-06-01:537324:Comment:1440632008-06-01T12:40:59.090Zcarole gillhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/PhyllisDietrichson
The only time I can remember just about dying from shock at an ending was many years ago reading Sidney Sheldon's the Other Side of Midnight.<br />
Don't want to give anything away--but that ending-I think it was in the epilogue--a second ending to the main ending! well, it blew me away like totally!<br />
btw, I think I've always been in search of more shocking endings, and haven't found any. although a novel can be great without loosing a few years of your life!
The only time I can remember just about dying from shock at an ending was many years ago reading Sidney Sheldon's the Other Side of Midnight.<br />
Don't want to give anything away--but that ending-I think it was in the epilogue--a second ending to the main ending! well, it blew me away like totally!<br />
btw, I think I've always been in search of more shocking endings, and haven't found any. although a novel can be great without loosing a few years of your life! Thanks to everyone who respon…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-06-01:537324:Comment:1440022008-06-01T00:29:54.626ZDawn M. Kravagnahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DawnMarieKravagna
Thanks to everyone who responded to the discussion on "shocking endings". I didn't respond right away as I took a vacation to Egypt for two weeks and didn't have time to log back onto CrimeSpace before I left. It was an awesome trip; I highly recommend to anyone out there in the ring to take a trip to this amazing country of contradictions. However, avoid the summer months. I huddled in the shade most of the time as it was often over 100 degrees F. However, it was fun swimming in the pool the…
Thanks to everyone who responded to the discussion on "shocking endings". I didn't respond right away as I took a vacation to Egypt for two weeks and didn't have time to log back onto CrimeSpace before I left. It was an awesome trip; I highly recommend to anyone out there in the ring to take a trip to this amazing country of contradictions. However, avoid the summer months. I huddled in the shade most of the time as it was often over 100 degrees F. However, it was fun swimming in the pool the last few days of my trip with the pyramids in the background.<br />
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Also, if you go, please don't try to drive around in Cairo. Try a tour. I saw a lot of wonderful and awesome monuments, but what I will remember the most was the scary traffic. Mule carts, horse buggies, pedestrians, bicycles, motorcycles, truck overloaded with hay, and many buses made four lanes into five, or three into four. We did a lot of screaming on the minibus: several times persons walked right in front of us, even on the freeway, one was a lady carrying a baby. The govt. had to take out the traffic lights as no one was obeying them, and put in roundabouts and u-turns instead. I wish I had my video camera as it was nearly unbelieveable.<br />
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I missed my dog, Buster, however. Absolutely! This was one of t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-22:537324:Comment:1419752008-05-22T19:45:42.118ZCynde L. Hammondhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CyndeLHammond
Absolutely! This was one of those novel endings that made me so upset that I went to bed and rewrote the ending in my dreams so I wouldn't feel so bad. Very upsetting--but that's what a good novel's all about, right?
Absolutely! This was one of those novel endings that made me so upset that I went to bed and rewrote the ending in my dreams so I wouldn't feel so bad. Very upsetting--but that's what a good novel's all about, right? "I know he said, and died."…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-02:537324:Comment:1395492008-05-02T15:30:52.280ZBrianLindenmuthhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BrianL
"I know he said, and died."<br />
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Six words that are near the end of Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane that blew me away then and still does. I can think of them and a flood of emotions hit me even now.<br />
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Its the equivalent of Lehane taking your chin in his hand, gently leading it to a certain position, then pulling back and punching the shit out of you.<br />
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He takes one of the two biggest assholes from the first novel, cleans him up and humanizes him creating a sympathetic character then kills…
"I know he said, and died."<br />
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Six words that are near the end of Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane that blew me away then and still does. I can think of them and a flood of emotions hit me even now.<br />
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Its the equivalent of Lehane taking your chin in his hand, gently leading it to a certain position, then pulling back and punching the shit out of you.<br />
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He takes one of the two biggest assholes from the first novel, cleans him up and humanizes him creating a sympathetic character then kills him. Just devastating. I'm reading the Dramatist now…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-01:537324:Comment:1394032008-05-01T21:14:59.666ZJeff Rosshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JeffRoss
I'm reading the Dramatist now and it's pretty interesting. The 'mystery' is certainly secondary to the life and times of the protagonist. Which is fine by me. I don't find it AS jumpy but there's still sometimes I wish there was a little more written.
I'm reading the Dramatist now and it's pretty interesting. The 'mystery' is certainly secondary to the life and times of the protagonist. Which is fine by me. I don't find it AS jumpy but there's still sometimes I wish there was a little more written. I loved the ending of 'We nee…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-01:537324:Comment:1392212008-05-01T11:58:44.013Zhelen blackhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/helenblack
I loved the ending of 'We need to Talk About Kevin.' There was a great twist but also the sense of ambiguity in the narrator that made me question the entire book<br />
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I loved the ending of 'We need to Talk About Kevin.' There was a great twist but also the sense of ambiguity in the narrator that made me question the entire book<br />
HB x The only ending that really s…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-04-26:537324:Comment:1383822008-04-26T13:19:30.247ZJessicahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Jessica
The only ending that really surprised me was The Poet by Michael Connelly. That was a twist I hadn't seen - mostly because I was half-asleep when I was reading it... but still! Twisty!
The only ending that really surprised me was The Poet by Michael Connelly. That was a twist I hadn't seen - mostly because I was half-asleep when I was reading it... but still! Twisty! Interesting. Are you implying…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-04-26:537324:Comment:1383112008-04-26T00:15:36.154ZL.J. Sellershttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LJSellers
Interesting. Are you implying that a person who doesn't like Bruen might not be all that bright? Just curious.
Interesting. Are you implying that a person who doesn't like Bruen might not be all that bright? Just curious. I know it's not fair to menti…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-04-26:537324:Comment:1383082008-04-26T00:13:44.322ZL.J. Sellershttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LJSellers
I know it's not fair to mention my own novel, The Sex Club, but many readers and reviewers have commented on the ending. They've called it pulse-pounding, stunning, and unbelievable (in a good way) to name a few. I'm struggling to think of the last book I read that truly surprised me. There have been some, but my memory is too cluttered.
I know it's not fair to mention my own novel, The Sex Club, but many readers and reviewers have commented on the ending. They've called it pulse-pounding, stunning, and unbelievable (in a good way) to name a few. I'm struggling to think of the last book I read that truly surprised me. There have been some, but my memory is too cluttered. Hard to beat The Getaway by J…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-04-25:537324:Comment:1382202008-04-25T13:19:06.336ZDave Zeltsermanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DaveZeltserman
Hard to beat The Getaway by Jim Thompson--completely different ending than the movie versions, and as brilliant an ending as any crime novel I've seen.<br />
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Spoilers below about my thought on the ending of Shutter Island<br />
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A quarter way through, I started hoping the ending wouldn't be what it turned out to be. I found it a cheat--there's no way a prison hospital would would give this dangerous inmate free reign like they did.
Hard to beat The Getaway by Jim Thompson--completely different ending than the movie versions, and as brilliant an ending as any crime novel I've seen.<br />
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Spoilers below about my thought on the ending of Shutter Island<br />
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A quarter way through, I started hoping the ending wouldn't be what it turned out to be. I found it a cheat--there's no way a prison hospital would would give this dangerous inmate free reign like they did.