The book I am reading so far has had a great beginning that caught my attention and has a good story line, I am not finshed the book, so I cannot say whether the ending is complete. In other books I have read such as "My Sister's Keeper" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", they have had great beginnings, amazing story lines and endings that fit them perfectly.
Picoult, Jodi. My Sister's Keeper. Atria Books:Washington Square Press.2003.print
Picoult, Jodi. Nineteen Minutes. Atria Books:Washington Square Press.2007.print
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Bloomsbury Publishing.2007.print
Kirsten, I completely agree with the three qualities that you have chosen. If you can't get the reader hooked right off the bat, who is going to want to read more, right? Or even finish the book. A good story line catches the reader, then hooks them through out the book, so that they will continue to read more and more until they completely finish the book. Though, I don't quite agree with your last quality. Yes, it is good to have an ending that finishes the book, but that would be pretty unrealistic. The author could be writing another book, or the novel resembles a real life situation. If the novel ends, with out an ending, it leaves the reader wanting to know more. This way, you can compare your thinking to others who have read the book, debate on what you think the ending would have been like. The author gives the reader a chance to use their imagenation in order to picture the ending of the novel. That, in my opinion, though, gets very annoying at some points. For example, the author states that they continue "Blissfully into forever," I hate it when an author does this. Yes, they end the book, but it doesn't make the reader feel more or less "finished" with the book. Know what I mean?
ReplyDeleteI really liked the books you chose to prove your point, I have read Harry Potter and it was a very good example of each of the qualities you have stated below.
I know what you mean for the ending. I think you're right, but I also think that some books need something to finish the book. The last Harry Potter is a really good example. Without the ending it had I don't think it would have fully ended.
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree that a book should have a great beginning because if the author saves all the good parts of the book for the middle you are not going to want to read till then because the beginning and end will not be good and then you won’t want to wait till the middle and I would drop the book too. A book should always have a closing end because I think it just frustrates the reader if it just cuts off.
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of the expectations of a good book that you listed. When I was writing my qualities for this blog I didn't even think to talk about how the story ended. When I finish a book with and ending that leaves you wondering what's next I wish that I would have never had bothered to read it in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with what you said. I think those are great qualities, and it seems you did a good job in picking a book, Im thinking about reading that. You did well with this post in my opinion, next time try to be a little bit less repetitive.
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