This thread contains MASSIVE SPOILERS to the ending of this book. Do not read if you want everything told to you.
With that said...
The ending of this book was a travesty. Poor Arthur. I mean, he gets Fenchurch back, the LOVE of his life. Only to have it stripped away. Then he gets his cabin on the beach back, and while it is not nearly as good, I thought, "Well okay, at least he can live the way he wants to and be happy." Well, NO! The Vogons demolish his cabin, and most likely him as well. WHAT THE??? What kind of ending is this? Wasn't the point of this book to have the series end on a slightly happier note? This ending is much much more depressing. I mean, at least the ending in Mostly Harmless wasn't so much like a kick in the crotch. Everyone dies, okay, yeah it sucks. But this ending is like a personal target to Arthur Dent and rips away any chance of happiness he could ever have.
Honestly, the ending was so depressing I am thinking about just throwing the book out and forgetting it ever existed.
> This thread contains MASSIVE SPOILERS to the ending of this book. Do > not read if you want everything told to you.
> With that said...
> The ending of this book was a travesty. Poor Arthur. I mean, he gets > Fenchurch back, the LOVE of his life. Only to have it stripped away. > Then he gets his cabin on the beach back, and while it is not nearly > as good, I thought, "Well okay, at least he can live the way he wants > to and be happy." Well, NO! The Vogons demolish his cabin, and most > likely him as well. WHAT THE??? What kind of ending is this? Wasn't > the point of this book to have the series end on a slightly happier > note? This ending is much much more depressing. I mean, at least the > ending in Mostly Harmless wasn't so much like a kick in the crotch. > Everyone dies, okay, yeah it sucks. But this ending is like a personal > target to Arthur Dent and rips away any chance of happiness he could > ever have.
> Honestly, the ending was so depressing I am thinking about just > throwing the book out and forgetting it ever existed.
> On Oct 18, 12:32 am, James Robinson <jrrobi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This thread contains MASSIVE SPOILERS to the ending of this book. Do > > not read if you want everything told to you.
> > With that said...
> > The ending of this book was a travesty. Poor Arthur. I mean, he gets > > Fenchurch back, the LOVE of his life. Only to have it stripped away. > > Then he gets his cabin on the beach back, and while it is not nearly > > as good, I thought, "Well okay, at least he can live the way he wants > > to and be happy." Well, NO! The Vogons demolish his cabin, and most > > likely him as well. WHAT THE??? What kind of ending is this? Wasn't > > the point of this book to have the series end on a slightly happier > > note? This ending is much much more depressing. I mean, at least the > > ending in Mostly Harmless wasn't so much like a kick in the crotch. > > Everyone dies, okay, yeah it sucks. But this ending is like a personal > > target to Arthur Dent and rips away any chance of happiness he could > > ever have.
> > Honestly, the ending was so depressing I am thinking about just > > throwing the book out and forgetting it ever existed.
> I quite liked it actually.
> .../Nemo
It seems even people at Colfer's own website hate the ending.
> On 18 Oct, 21:11, Nemo <earthnat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 18, 12:32 am, James Robinson <jrrobi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > This thread contains MASSIVE SPOILERS to the ending of this book. Do > > > not read if you want everything told to you.
> > > With that said...
> > > The ending of this book was a travesty. Poor Arthur. I mean, he gets > > > Fenchurch back, the LOVE of his life. Only to have it stripped away. > > > Then he gets his cabin on the beach back, and while it is not nearly > > > as good, I thought, "Well okay, at least he can live the way he wants > > > to and be happy." Well, NO! The Vogons demolish his cabin, and most > > > likely him as well. WHAT THE??? What kind of ending is this? Wasn't > > > the point of this book to have the series end on a slightly happier > > > note? This ending is much much more depressing. I mean, at least the > > > ending in Mostly Harmless wasn't so much like a kick in the crotch. > > > Everyone dies, okay, yeah it sucks. But this ending is like a personal > > > target to Arthur Dent and rips away any chance of happiness he could > > > ever have.
> > > Honestly, the ending was so depressing I am thinking about just > > > throwing the book out and forgetting it ever existed.
> > I quite liked it actually.
> > .../Nemo
> It seems even people at Colfer's own website hate the ending.- Hide quoted text -
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Don't worry Radio Four will tack a spurious happy ending on when they adapt it as a drama, just like they did with Mostly Harmless.
On Nov 9, 12:04 am, Kenny Hutchings <n...@home.invalid> wrote:
> I'm late on this thread because I've only just finished reading the book, but I'm with nemo, I quite liked it.
> It's also worth noting that at HitchCon, Colfer did envisage other people writing additional books, though he didn't think he would. I'm paraphrasing a bit, but he did basically mention he liked the idea of different authors coming out with a new Hitch-hiker book every few years. The ending may have been influenced by this vision, and it also partly explains the orphaned final line.
> K.
I think multiple future books would be kind of neat, but... I think that instead of following on with a seventh, it would be interesting for each to be a new vision of the 6th... (not dissimilar to how there were two seperate third Red Dwarf novels)
Each could even be argued to be able to coexist due to their relative locations on the probability axis'. :)
On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:14:24 -0800 (PST), Nemo <earthnat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I think multiple future books would be kind of neat, but... I think >that instead of following on with a seventh, it would be interesting >for each to be a new vision of the 6th... (not dissimilar to how there >were two seperate third Red Dwarf novels)
I like that idea.
Lloyd
-- "In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade' appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
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