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Brandon Sanderson / Mistborn series (HoA) ending. Major *SPOILER* (duh)
« on: December 30, 2008, 02:34:51 AM »
I read another post here about the ending, with critique on how some people found it disappointing. It didn’t seem to capture what I wanted so say, so here we are on this thread.
I did find the ending disappointing, but not for the ending itself. I think the book ended appropriately. Everything was wrapped up, and I think that the ending itself was all well and good. I don’t dislike books that end with the main actors dieing. On the contrary, I find that books where the main people die to be some of the best books. I’m not sure how to sum up my feeling toward the end of this series except with this one sentence…
I didn’t cry.
I should have.
Lord knows I secretly cry like a babe over movies and books and songs and the like. More then I’m comfortable admitting. Thankfully nobody knows me
Anyway, with the ending as it was, I can’t help but feel like it should have been more of a tearjerker.
Perhaps his literary style of jumping viewpoints during high action scenes worked against him in this instance. Maybe it was the viewpoint; maybe we should have watched it more through Vin’s eyes. Maybe it was Vin’s lack of concern.
I understand that Vin’s “lack of concern” (bad phrase, I know) was how he ultimately explained her doing what she did, I just feel like it was the wrong move here. I think that it should have been more along the lines of her undying love that now made her able to make the ultimate sacrifice. I think that an ending like this deserves to be wrought with emotion. Emotion that the reader feels very keenly.
I am by no means a literary genius (you read this post, you know). I can’t explain how I felt that it should have ended. I have no idea how I’d “fix it”. I ask that you, as a reader of this opinion put much more stock into statement “I didn’t cry”, and comment from there. Put less weight to all the other fluff that I used to try to explain things.
I also have to state that I loved the series. I thought it was wonderful, and I read the whole thing in a matter of weeks (it would have been days, if I didn’t need to think of a Christmas gift that I could tell people to get me). I would not have come here to comment if I didn’t love the series.
Anyway, just one man’s humble opinion.
EDIT: (i never alter my posts... "let the record stand"... instead I add a section like this)
"Disappointed in the ending" was a bit too harsh, perhaps. I'm not disappointed in the ending, I did say that the ending was appropriate. The "ending" I speak of was just a portion of the ending anyway. "There are no [endings] in the..." oops, never mind Anyway, I just wanted to speak of the emotion of that one small section. I'm going to shut up and "let the record stand" Just want to make sure people didn't take it the wrong way.
I did find the ending disappointing, but not for the ending itself. I think the book ended appropriately. Everything was wrapped up, and I think that the ending itself was all well and good. I don’t dislike books that end with the main actors dieing. On the contrary, I find that books where the main people die to be some of the best books. I’m not sure how to sum up my feeling toward the end of this series except with this one sentence…
I didn’t cry.
I should have.
Lord knows I secretly cry like a babe over movies and books and songs and the like. More then I’m comfortable admitting. Thankfully nobody knows me
Anyway, with the ending as it was, I can’t help but feel like it should have been more of a tearjerker.
Perhaps his literary style of jumping viewpoints during high action scenes worked against him in this instance. Maybe it was the viewpoint; maybe we should have watched it more through Vin’s eyes. Maybe it was Vin’s lack of concern.
I understand that Vin’s “lack of concern” (bad phrase, I know) was how he ultimately explained her doing what she did, I just feel like it was the wrong move here. I think that it should have been more along the lines of her undying love that now made her able to make the ultimate sacrifice. I think that an ending like this deserves to be wrought with emotion. Emotion that the reader feels very keenly.
I am by no means a literary genius (you read this post, you know). I can’t explain how I felt that it should have ended. I have no idea how I’d “fix it”. I ask that you, as a reader of this opinion put much more stock into statement “I didn’t cry”, and comment from there. Put less weight to all the other fluff that I used to try to explain things.
I also have to state that I loved the series. I thought it was wonderful, and I read the whole thing in a matter of weeks (it would have been days, if I didn’t need to think of a Christmas gift that I could tell people to get me). I would not have come here to comment if I didn’t love the series.
Anyway, just one man’s humble opinion.
EDIT: (i never alter my posts... "let the record stand"... instead I add a section like this)
"Disappointed in the ending" was a bit too harsh, perhaps. I'm not disappointed in the ending, I did say that the ending was appropriate. The "ending" I speak of was just a portion of the ending anyway. "There are no [endings] in the..." oops, never mind
Anyway, I just wanted to speak of the emotion of that one small section. I'm going to shut up and "let the record stand" Just want to make sure people didn't take it the wrong way.