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DiapDealer · 11-17-2018, 07:14 PM

I look at it this way: if someone hands me a standalone paperback with the last third of the pages ripped out of it, I'm not going to start reading it--no matter how many wonderful moments they assure me are in the first two-thirds of it. The ending doesn't have to be my favorite part of a book, and a bad one doesn't always invalidate greatness that came before it. But an ending DOES need to exist (or at least be in sight) before I'm going to commit. It's not an optional component. Authors who don't get that won't get my money or my recommendation.

11-17-2018, 07:14 PM	#69
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,709 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I look at it this way: if someone hands me a standalone paperback with the last third of the pages ripped out of it, I'm not going to start reading it--no matter how many wonderful moments they assure me are in the first two-thirds of it. The ending doesn't have to be my favorite part of a book, and a bad one doesn't always invalidate greatness that came before it. But an ending DOES need to exist (or at least be in sight) before I'm going to commit. It's not an optional component. Authors who don't get that won't get my money or my recommendation. Last edited by DiapDealer; 11-17-2018 at 07:22 PM.