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Originally Posted by Zetmolm

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg.
Actually, I cannot say that the ending is bad. Rather, the ending is missing. It's a thriller, and in that genre you expect all mysteries to be resolved in the end. It's as if the author was afraid to make some choices, and just stopped writing rather than complete the plot.

I'm going to defend this one a bit. Smilla's Sense of Snow is more than just a thriller--it's a literary thriller. The ending seems to be unresolved.

Spoiler:

It is resolved in the sense of us knowing what is really going on and why everything happened. Only the justice is left unresolved. Why is that? You have to think about who Isaiah and Tørk represent in the novel and if justice has ever been done in their situation in the larger sense. It's an ending that's specifically designed to leave you feeling angry for the victim as a way of promoting awareness and inspiring action. It's an 'activist' sort of ending, and Peter Høeg isn't the only author who has used it.