My true love gave to me: TWO REALLY BAD ENDIIIIIINGS
Erm, excuse me? True love fail.
It’s the second day of #MerryBookmas hosted by HailsHeartsNYC! Today we are discussing two of our least-favorite endings to books or series. I’m excited about this because I get to mention some books that I never talk about. Because the ending made me hate them. Ya know. The usual.
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
I can not for the life of me figure out why this book is so popular. I will admit that the writing is beautiful and the cover is gorgeous, but other than that it has no redeeming qualities. I HATED the ending. It still makes me feel sick thinking about it. I think it was utterly revolting and unnecessary. This is probably the darkest book I’ve ever read.
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
I really hated this book in general. I hated all of the characters except the admiral. I am forgiving Jane for her terrible ending in this book because technically she didn’t publish it herself; maybe she would have changed it?! The entire book is basically thrown out in the last 30 pages. And it’s a LONG book. So I was mad because I didn’t like the ending match-ups and because the entire book had felt like a waste. All of the character development was completely erased. Just blah.
I’m sorry for this incredibly negative post! Just channeling my inner Grinch ;)
I’ll write again soon! Until then, keep reading!
J. Bookish
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Oh no! I’m currently reading My True Love Gave to Me, so I’ll brace myself for the ending… And oh my gosh, I’ve watched Mansfield Park and I haven’t read the book ye, but just, OH NO! D: I actually really liked the story (the way the film in interpreted it) so I was hoping I’d like the book if I ever picked it up. I do like Jane Austen, but that’s awful about the ending. :/
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I’ve actually heard that the movie was good!! Fanny is just really boring in the book. Austen is wonderful, thats probably why I’m so disappointed about Mansfield Park!
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Well you should definitely watch the movie adaptation if you have the time. :)
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I absolutely agree about Mansfield Park- it left me wanting to scream “Fanny why don’t you have a backbone??” and honestly I felt like she treated the guy she ended up with a lot like a brother, so it felt creepy to me. It’s the only Austen I don’t like :(
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Agreed. To all of the above. Haha :)
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It’s so unfortunate that you disliked Ava Lavender! I’ve heard such good things about it and I have been meaning to read it for so long…
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Haha ahh well you might still like it!!
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I’ve never read The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender and now I’m scared cause I hate bad endings. Reader problems!
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Haha blogger problems!! I’m making you biased! I wouldn’t recommend it though.
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I have yet to read a book with a truly horrible ending. I can’t even imagine how disappointing and frustrating that must have been!
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Well you are very lucky! I didn’t think I’d have any for this but I was scrolling through my Goodreads like THAT ONE. THAT ONE. Ooooh that one… But Ava Lavender is definitely the worst for me!
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I’ll definitely have to steer clear of that one! I’m glad I saw this but that book sounds interesting but I only like happy endings, ha.
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Haha! I know a lot of people love it, but it’s far from a happy ending. I guess I should have heeded the title…. ;)
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Yeah I guess that was a little hint. But most people aren’t expecting a bad ending so you couldn’t have known!
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Hahahahaha I actually really wanted to read the strange and beautiful sorrows of Ava Lavender but your post kind of put me off lol.
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Hahaha oh gosh I’m sorry!! I hated it so much. I know a lot of people love it though! I still have it because the cover is so pretty
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No need to be sorry! The cover is really beautiful though!
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Haha yeah it really is. Kind of ironically one of my favorite book covers ever..
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