It's the Ending that Gets You...

[archangelremiel]

Hi, I'm new. I read more than is probably normal. I like all different types of books, and I'll try anything once, but lets just say some books don't appeal. Is this where I list my sins? Okay, then, Forgive me bookfails, for I have sinned. I threw a book out the window of a moving car... And the reason I feel guilty? I wish I'd burned it instead

Comments

[knightofthecogs]

This sounds surprisingly like high school.
Not the happy ending John Hughes High Schools(tm), but the real high school I went to with the crappy social hierarchy thing that has no place once you get to The Real World(tm).

[archangelremiel]

I actually think that's what made it most compelling. It's just that, no lie, by the end you want the guy she actually gets together with to die bloody and you're convinced she's an idiot. The movie fixed it, see the movie, it's awesome.

[evewithanapple]

The ending to that book irritated me as well. I get that the author was trying to avoid the typical "overcoming all odds" ending, as well as drive home the point that Aiden, for all his tough talk, couldn't handle the reality of being a werewolf. But even so, I did not like Gabriel. He was an ass. The again, Vivian wasn't a real prize herself, so perhaps they deserve each other.

[archangelremiel]

Aiden did, eventually, come to terms with it though. Either way, the fact that she spent the entire book making you hate Gabriel and like Aiden, only to have Gabriel win in the end made me scream, roll down the window, and pitch the darn book under the tires of an oncoming 18-wheeler. It wouldn't have bothered me as much if she hadn't gotten together with him. And I felt bad for Aiden. Poor boy had the whole thing sprung on him and didn't even really get time to get past his initial freak-out before he had to make a massive choice.

[jessidear84]

This is one of my favorite books, that I unashamedly read every year for nearly 10 years. So I have to defend some of these points.

What? Aiden didnt come to terms with it: The last scene with him was after he tricks her into showing up someplace alone, then saying he was going to end her suffering (and what he thought was her murder spree) by KILLING HER.

Gabriel, admittedly, was a complete ass. He was also 24 while she was 16, which is something I take more issue with now... But he understood and accepted her. Aiden had no damn SPINE. He was a laid back hippie kinda guy who dreamed of magic but could never imagine it being REAL. And the hot, self assured beautiful girl that wanted to fuck him was a werewolf? Course he was going to curl up like a worm.

Ahem. ANYWAY. Thats my two cents.

[breebree16]

I agree. I really enjoyed the book until the ending. It came out of no where and really sucked. She had no feelings for Gabriel at all. Blah. The movie was better, sort of.

[archangelremiel]

The story in the book + the ending of the movie would be close to perfect.

[breebree16]

Agreed.

[lunarkissed]

Oddly enough I didn't like Aiden in the book. I don't mind him in the movie, which is really the film's only saving feature. I liked how the book ended. Gabriel didn't come across as that bad to me.

[breebree16]

For me, it's not that he's a jerk, it's the fact that it comes completely out of nowhere. It's like she's with him because she's out of options. I was also really disgusted with Aiden's reaction and how that crumbled apart.

[rons_pigwidgeon]

I totally agree! I just finished reading this book recently as well, and I was not in any way pleased with the ending.

I think I was even more disappointed with it because I'd seen the movie, and in the movie, ::SPOILER:: she kills Gabriel and ends up with Aidan::SPOILER::

And to add absurdity to the mix, Gabriel had been sleeping with her mother when the book started. How disgusting is that?

[archangelremiel]

Exactly, but I read the book first, and put off seeing the movie, so when I did finally watch the movie, I got "The Look" from my friends, because I was all "Kill Him, Shoot Him NOW!" during that scene. Then I danced gleefully in my seat when she did it.