Do you like not completely happy endings? So many stories end with everything being perfectly all right for the main character and his and her friends. But sometimes those endings seem like cheats, as if the storytelling hasn’t been built correctly to allow the author to logically tie the narrative up with a pretty bow.
I also don’t like endings that are sad just for the sake of coming across as “realistic”. Again I think it goes back to the storytelling. If the writer hasn’t provided enough bread crumbs to make the sad ending reasonable, I don’t like it.
I don’t mind bittersweet endings. In fact, I think I’ll buy any ending as long as it seems the logical conclusion for the story being told, But it has to have hope in it. That’s the reason I don’t like endings where evil triumphs. I want hope. But I want a hopeful ending that makes sense for the story.
So let me know your opinion in the comments. I love to know how other people view stories.
