*The epilogue sucked. 'Nuff said. I made this point in another journal, but I'll make it again. The epilogue was there cause it was a kids book. Adults don't need to see the happy ever after, cause they know there isn't one. Kids like happy ever after. And grim and dark as it was, it is none the less a kids book. In fact, it had top have a very clear happy ever after because it was so grim. A more ambiguous ending would have traumatised a generation of children.
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on 2007-07-25 08:48 am (UTC)I made this point in another journal, but I'll make it again. The epilogue was there cause it was a kids book. Adults don't need to see the happy ever after, cause they know there isn't one. Kids like happy ever after. And grim and dark as it was, it is none the less a kids book. In fact, it had top have a very clear happy ever after because it was so grim. A more ambiguous ending would have traumatised a generation of children.