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Dotty

I've just finished The Confession by Jessie Burton. I wasn't sure where it was going and why to begin with but I'm glad I stuck with it. It goes into the Very Good Ending pile. It's another of those where liking the characters isn't required, and I think it benefits from that. #booksky

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sparklyfellelf

What makes a good ending for you?

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Dotty

It's more what makes a bad ending. Rushed, too neatly tied up, obvious, clichéd, etc. This was none of those.

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sparklyfellelf

I find it fascinating what others need for a good ending ir what makes a bad ending. I don't like rushed or clichéd either. I like things fairly tied up though, perhaps not with a lovely neat bow, but a good piece of string and a granny knot helps. I don't need happy ever after, but I do need hope

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Dotty

I didn't get hope from this at all. It's not something I look for in a book or need generally, but it did portray the complexity of relationships, particularly between women and of motherhood very well. If it gave anything, it was the power of acceptance which I'd say is more sustaining than hope.

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sparklyfellelf

In real life, yes, absolutely. But in a book, film or tv programme I want something that escapes real life, not something that reflects it too closely. And this is why I can't pass on the books I love to anyone else except my sister, because most other people see my choices as twee. We like twee!

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Dotty

Oh I'm not advocating my preference to anyone! You do you :)

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sparklyfellelf

Oh no, I didn't think you were! I'm just aware that mine, and my sister's, preference for an ending that is at least partially tied up and offers some element of hope is not to many people's taste. I rarely like the books that win prizes or are bestsellers. Eg, reading an E Nesbit grown up book

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Helen

More people than you think like a book to be tied up... everyone else in my book group gets very upset if the ending is ambiguous... or just leaves the characters to get on with their lives... I'm just happy to accept each book for how it is... and don't mind either way...

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Dotty

Yes! I've encountered this too. And it depends on mood as well. Sometimes I'm quite happy to let characters get on with it. Other times I want them to have gone THERE.

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Dotty

Ooh which E Nesbit? And I'm not sure you are as lonely in your tastes as you think! I think and very much hope there is room for us all :)

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sparklyfellelf

It's called The Lark (as in the old fashioned expression "ooh, what a lark!", rather than the bird). The introduction by a biographer of Nesbit's describes it as "a book for grown up children". I think if I had to describe my perfect book I can't do better than that!