Pretty much what the title says...I'd like to hear what everyone thinks about this: when you get close to the end of a really, really good book, how do you want it to end? How do most of your favourite books end?
There's good things about both, I think. The happy ending often symbolizes the ultimate victory of good over evil. The sad ending could be due to a variety of different reasons...human nature, for one.
Another thing is, what do you think of a happy book having a sad ending? [Examples would include A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Twain and Kidnapped (to some extent) by Stevenson.]
As far as sad endings go, I usually don't like Gone with the Wind types of stories where it's just one disaster after another, only to end in a...well, disaster. On the other hand, certain books, such as Lord of the Flies, have to end on a sombre note to really get their point across. And, to be realistic, sometimes the story has to have at least a bittersweet ending, as in The Return of the King.
Thoughts?
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