Give Me A Fairytale Ending
I don’t think anyone would argue too greatly with me when I say, “life is hard.” Between the pressures of succeeding at love, career, family, social ability and personal fulfillment, adulting can keep you feeling as though you’re constantly running a race you don’t completely know the track layout for. That’s why reading is such an incredible diversion. An opportunity to take all of those pressures and shove them aside for a little while. It’s escapism in its simplest form.
And while I do believe that all genres and types of stories have their place, give me a fairytale ending any day. I want the quest to be successful, I want the hero to win, for the lovers to find happiness in each other. Nothing is more satisfying to me than when I reach that last page of a book and the conclusion wraps everything up in a succinct and pleasant manner. If I’m going to have to leave these characters behind and put them back on the shelf I want to feel as though their lives are going to be okay. That I’m walking away at the right moment.
The world can be such a bleak place, any cursory glance at a newsfeed will verify that. So I find I always gravitate to books that are going to fill me all the right kind of feels. Pragmatic reality and hard truths have very little space in my entertainment regime.
Happy Reading and Happy Writing
This flows into my writing as well. My characters struggle, it’s not all puppies, kittens and rainbows for them. Personal growth and conflict create interesting storyline. The journey can be a difficult one, my goal is simply that the end of the journey will be a happy one. One where when I read ‘and they all lived happily ever after, I believe it to be true.
If you want to find out more about Hleo and it’s ending check it out here.
Happy Reading,
Becky
WELL said Becky!!! I hate finishing a book and it’s not at all how you’d want it to end.
Keep your thoughts coming! Love to hear them!
I dunno (MAJOR SPOILER FOR LA LA LAND)
I kinda like how LA LA LAND ended. It was sad and frustrating but beautiful at the same time. I love it when stories make me feel so much for the characters and makes me think I’m going to get some sort of solid ending and then it’s left ambiguous in a way that makes me feel something I wasn’t expecting!
I have to admit I love the fairytale ending too, but I don’t mind a good twist although it takes me days to get over it! Hleo is filled with twists and turns for sure, so enjoyable to read, keeps me guessing and I’m sure the many other Hleo fans will agree.