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Post by Nurse Duckett on Jun 30, 2005 15:47:20 GMT -5
I suppose anyone who dosn't want to know the (unexpergated lit.crit) endings had better look away, but they aren't exactly secrets: This one:  they all pretend after the breathtaking excitement for a coupla hundred pages, that they imagined it all![/i] What a Cop Out! This one:  after our heroine has survived the Civil War and saved Tara but loses the only man she's ever really loved, says at the end (after he's said Frankly My Dear I Don't Give A D***.) "Tomorrow is another day". Now how unbelievable is that?   |
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Post by dulcinea on Jun 30, 2005 16:06:14 GMT -5
this thread is a non sequitur.
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Post by Confused One on Jun 30, 2005 16:12:09 GMT -5
Have never heard of that book, dulcinea.  |
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Post by dulcinea on Jun 30, 2005 16:15:01 GMT -5
simply, it is most unlikely to amount to a great book if has a crappy ending, unless, of course, like many you confuse popularity with greatness.
i don't expect this helps.
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Post by Non sequiteur on Jun 30, 2005 16:15:11 GMT -5
this thread is a non sequitur. So, just ignore it then! ;D |
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Post by dulcinea on Jun 30, 2005 16:26:24 GMT -5
this thread is a non sequitur. So, just ignore it then! ;D i always ask for advice when feel i need any: frequently i even pay for good advice. |
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Post by Free Advice on Jun 30, 2005 17:12:56 GMT -5
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Post by Benbow on Jun 30, 2005 17:43:12 GMT -5
'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' could have ended better. What a waste of two people.
'The Mill On The Floss' wasn't exactly uplifting.
The Bible is the best seller. How does that end? Armageddon. Great.
(Apologies if I've spoiled any of these for anyone currently reading them)
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Post by dulcinea on Jun 30, 2005 17:50:49 GMT -5
i would have thought by now everyone knows that free advice is always suspect and certainly not worth any consideration.
isn't it amazing how a perfectly pertinent observation brings every wiseguy in the area...
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Post by Benbow on Jun 30, 2005 18:04:17 GMT -5
Wise? Me? Oh you're too, too kind  |
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Post by dulcinea on Jun 30, 2005 18:15:16 GMT -5
'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' could have ended better. What a waste of two people. 'The Mill On The Floss' wasn't exactly uplifting. The Bible is the best seller. How does that end? Armageddon. Great. (Apologies if I've spoiled any of these for anyone currently reading them) are you looking in your reading matter for hollywood-style happy endings? you must be one of those being instrumental in making hollywood feel certain to be on the right track to reshoot perfectly good films with hollywood sugary endings... (apologies to captain corelli) n.b. dear reader/filmbuff you could turn you into a diabetic... i hear mills & boon comes highly recommended for happy endings... to exchange the mill on the floss for mills and boon might be a shrewd move... |
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Post by Craise FintonKirk on Jul 1, 2005 0:20:55 GMT -5
i always ask for advice when feel i need any: frequently i even pay for good advice. One should always wear white at night. cost: any lantern or choice related posting, with a flavour of the sea  |
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Post by dulcinea on Jul 1, 2005 0:58:50 GMT -5
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Post by Craise Finton Kirk on Jul 1, 2005 1:17:01 GMT -5
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Post by flame proof opinion on Jul 1, 2005 4:14:46 GMT -5
simply, it is most unlikely to amount to a great book if has a crappy ending, unless, of course, like many you confuse popularity with greatness. i don't expect this helps. but the joy is in the reading not the finishing. I suppose it is the same for most pleasures - eating, sex, life itself. unless you are of the popular opinion that the end justifies everything else. As a great journey can end in a unsatisfactory destination, a good read can have an unsatisfying conclusion. imo  |
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