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I read this thread from two years back and I've been wondering -- how depressing is too depressing for a novel to end without it seeming soap-opera-ish? I don't want it to seem unfinished or over-dramatic.
What contemporary novels end on a downbeat? And I'm not talking bittersweet. I mean really, really depressing endings with almost no hope in sight. I know Living Dead Girl, but that's all I can think of at the moment.
What contemporary novels end on a downbeat? And I'm not talking bittersweet. I mean really, really depressing endings with almost no hope in sight. I know Living Dead Girl, but that's all I can think of at the moment.