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The ending is obvious in most books. In a romance, will the heroine get the guy? Obviously yes. In a detective novel, will the detective get the bad guy? Obviously yes. Wanting to know how it end...
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2020-01-03T20:41:54Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T06:33:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T06:33:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
The ending is obvious in most books. In a romance, will the heroine get the guy? Obviously yes. In a detective novel, will the detective get the bad guy? Obviously yes. Wanting to know how it ends is not actually about wanting to know the facts of the ending, or no one would ever reread a book. It is about wanting the experience of the ending. A novel is an experience, not a puzzle. It's appeal depends on how compelling an experience you create, not on whether we know how it ends. But also, what matters to us about the end of story is not what happens but how the characters face what happens. Stories are a kind of emotional rehearsal. A book such as you describe provide an emotional rehearsal for facing death. There is a huge appeal in that.
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2017-06-02T12:15:16Z (over 7 years ago)
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