Most Depressing Book Ending.
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Burmese Days was very depressing in the end, after building up to a nice happy ending it suddenly turns on you. Damn you Orwell!
THE ROAD THE ROAD THE ROAD THE ROAD THE ROAD
God damn you Cormac McCarthy, how am I supposed to look manly with all these tears comin' outta mah face...
God damn you Cormac McCarthy, how am I supposed to look manly with all these tears comin' outta mah face...
Rylot said:
THISSSS!!!!
*spoiler alert*
I was also pissed that The Man In Black was written off as cannon fodder to a minor character after begin so influential in SO MANY other Stephen king books, and the "Epic" battle between the Crimson King and Roland that is foreshadowed in Insomnia and the entire dark tower series DOESN'T EVEN HAPPEN!
super anticlimactic end to an otherwise amazing series.
This.Vhite said:
Also, Childhood's End by Arthur Clarke left in a sad mood for a whole day after I finished reading it.
The end of the original book of 'I Am Legend' that no one really has adapted faithfully, and never fully understand what the title is referring to.
"I am a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend."
-The last words of Neville as he dies, realizing that the Vampire hordes from the infection have become the norm. That like how vampires were dark and terrifying legends in the times before the infection, he has become the new terrifying, murderous menace, stalking during the day. Neville is a relic from an obsolete form of humanity that has no place in the new world.
-The last words of Neville as he dies, realizing that the Vampire hordes from the infection have become the norm. That like how vampires were dark and terrifying legends in the times before the infection, he has become the new terrifying, murderous menace, stalking during the day. Neville is a relic from an obsolete form of humanity that has no place in the new world.
Can't be worse than shooting your buddy in the back of the head! Of Mice and Men... mainly because of the dog 
screw the dumb guy
screw the dumb guy 
Of Mice and Men, anyone?
Nice blatant spoiler, by the way.
George meets Lennie at the designated place, the same spot they camped in the night before they came to the ranch. The two sit together and George retells the beloved story of the bright future together that they will never share. He then shoots Lennie in the back of the head, so that his friend's inevitable death is painless and happy. Curley, Slim, and Carlson find George seconds after the shooting. Only Slim realizes that George killed Lennie out of love, and gently and consolingly leads him away, while Curley and Carlson look on, unable to comprehend the subdued mood of the two men.
FFFFFFFUUUU- Ninja.LiftYourSkinnyFists said:Can't be worse than shooting your buddy in the back of the head! Of Mice and Men... mainly because of the dog
Nice blatant spoiler, by the way.
The ending of Cujo by Stephen King. I'm going to assume you know it's about a rabid dog killing people and a woman and her son trapped in a car at the dog's mercy. And that prior to that it was about one family in particular falling apart due to the husband's (Vic) job collapsing and him finding out that his wife (Donna) was cheating on him.
At the end, after the dog has been killed and it's all over, Vic's career comes back to a working order and he's still able to sustain himself financially. Similarly he and Donna are able to save their marriage and move over the past issues.
However, neither of that really matters when compared to the final issue here:
Their four year old son Tad, dies of heatstroke back when he was locked in the car. So despite everything else that could fit into a happy ending, the new job and the saved marriage, it really doesn't matter. It's a stark reminder that happy endings aren't all that realistic in situations like this and it really hits home in the 'depressing' department.
Stephen King himself, who wrote the thing, suggested very firmly to the people who made the movie adaptation to make the kid live in the end because it would be so much more depressing to a movie audience then a reader. So in that respect even the guy who wrote the thing thought it was 'too depressing'.
However, neither of that really matters when compared to the final issue here:
Their four year old son Tad, dies of heatstroke back when he was locked in the car. So despite everything else that could fit into a happy ending, the new job and the saved marriage, it really doesn't matter. It's a stark reminder that happy endings aren't all that realistic in situations like this and it really hits home in the 'depressing' department.
Stephen King himself, who wrote the thing, suggested very firmly to the people who made the movie adaptation to make the kid live in the end because it would be so much more depressing to a movie audience then a reader. So in that respect even the guy who wrote the thing thought it was 'too depressing'.
