Ah, Metro 2033 - what a book you are. Funny, dark, contemplative, exciting, moody...
Not to mention having an utterly depressing ending.
I'll put it in spoiler brackets for you.
Just when the missiles are en route to the dark ones' nest, Artyom has a sudden vision/telepathic message, because of which is he realizes that the dark ones wanted peace all along, that the dark ones are the new evolution of mankind, that together, humans and dark ones, they can perhaps reclaim the earth in a prosperous alliance - and then the missiles rain down upon the nest, and the dark ones and all hope for humanity are destroyed in torrents of fire, much like the torrents of fire that destroyed most of humanity in the first place. In the end, there is no hope anymore and it is strongly implied that internal wars will soon decimate the populace of the Moscow metro to the point of inevitable extinction.
Damn I heard that the book was depressing but...damn...
I just finished reading Nineteen Eighty Four and the ending isn't really depressing, seeing as the whole story is depressing, but it is quite scary. Not in an 'Ahh big monster!' way more a 'Big Brother will kill you in your sleep' kinda way.
Smith gets 'reeducated' by the Party and sent back into society.
While he is essentially the same person he has different ideals, he is now blindly obedient to the government, the Thought Police don't even monitor him anymore because they know he won't have rebellious ideas.
He also knows that eventually he will be forced to confess to crimes he did not commit right before his execution, but he no longer seems to care.
The book ends with the line 'He loved Big Brother'.
I remember that book but vaguely. Had to read it for an intro to literature class with a teacher that *hated* the british imperialism. For the longest time I wanted to apologize to her, but I figured that would only justify her hatred.
OT: I thought the ending to Brave New World was sad, and that's the only one I can remember for the moment. For a book that's just plain sad to read from beginning to end... It's a book by Toni Morrison - ahh google saves the day - called Beloved. Sad, very powerful.
Easy: 1984 has the saddest, most depressing ending ever; hands down. I'm not going to spoil it (mainly because I'm too lazy to write it all out), but suffice it to say that its ending is beyond tears.
Easy: 1984 has the saddest, most depressing ending ever; hands down. I'm not going to spoil it (mainly because I'm too lazy to write it all out), but suffice it to say that its ending is beyond tears.
I thought the ending to Brisingr (that's the third Eragon book, for those of you too busy enjoying your lives) was depressing because it ended on a cliffhanger--which means, of course, that we will be getting a fourth one, and that's just too much to bear; just the thought of it makes 1984 look like sunshine and lollipops in comparison.
<spoiler= DONT CLICK ME UNLESS YOU LIKE TO BE SPOILED> after reading it I just kinda sat there. Thinking to myself "How something like that happen to a girl as lively as her." The way it happened was even worse. Using their escape from the real world, she ultimately escaped it forever. Damn they should never make a movie of this.
Animal Farm and 1984 REALLY MESSED UP MY MIND. Freshman not the best time to read both of those. Also i read Anthem... now that wasn't as screwed but pretty high up their in my screwed story list.
Animal Farm had too much social/historical commentary to really depress me. I also don't really agree with Orwell's viewpoint on the importance of community, though the ending was quite interesting.
I saw 1984's end coming way to early for it to depress me, but it is still one of my favorite books of all time.
Assassin's Apprentice series was a medium fantasy book all in all. the Hero had to struggle his entire life and at the end i was thinking he would be rewarded after it all, and get the life he wanted.
and let me say i have never been so gloom after Finishing reading a book. it made me cry and start drinking wiskey for the night
Fear not! There is a sequel trilogy that follows Fitz as he is older. The tone of the books doesn't really improve, but the final ending is....Better (I won't ruin anything). Let's just say that Fitzchivalry can be truly have said to have to work to earn his goddamn happy ending, and he goes through more shit than a sewage worker in New York.
BTW the name of the second series is the "Farseer Trilogy". Read it. (and the other books by Robin Hobb set in the same world)
I assume you're talking about the movie. The book ends one scene earlier than the movie does, leaving it more open for the reader to decide what happened.
Actually, especially Brave New World. That was a sad, disturbing, but amazing book.
Nothing is accomplished by the sad, pathetic main character. He gets what he wants, which is recognition (albeit slight). The "savage" who he goes out to rescue cannot cope with the modern society, and also is unable to cope with his love for one of the other main characters. He kills himself, brutally, at the end when he realises that one night when he was on a frenzy he beat the girl he loved half to death.
EDIT: 1984 didn't really make me as sad as these two. I don't know why, I guess it's because the main character at the end is (sort of) at peace.
Not only did he brutally beat Lenina, almost killing her, he also participated in the soma induced orgy that had happened as a result of the exciting events. I wouldn't really say he brutally killed himself, as all he did was hang himself, but I will agree that the ending is pretty depressing, especially since nothing in the world is really changed and that the World State will continue to live on as it did.
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