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Reading the last book in a series

TheCatWoman

I've just read the last Merrilly Watkins novel by Phil Rickman, there won't be any more as he died last year, I'm sad as I feel Merrilly had more stories to tell.

Is it good for a last book to have an ambiguous ending that leaves you thinking, or do you prefer everything to be neatly tidied away?

I felt really upset when Elly Griffiths wrote her last Dr Ruth Galloway novel, it was like losing a friend.

Does any one else really miss fictional characters when they can no longer share thier lives with us?

  • I think the books I read are more event focused than character focused, so they trend to have natural arcs and I'm happy for ambiguity as they finish as I find closed endings too contrite.

    I'm reading a multi series by Brandon Sanderson at the moment, but I'm actually struggling with where he's taking it. It's funny as I now think it might be me being autistic that's giving me issues, as he's playing with different threads merging, and I prefer things separate.

  • I think it depends on how long the series is and whether there is anything more to say.

    There have been some where I wanted more because the world was so rich, but mostly by 3 or 4 books it is starting to have run out of steam.

    They can introduce more characters, but that defeats your original point.