REVISIONS:THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN VS. THE LORD OF THE RINGS
This is a revised post from my old blog. The original of which can be found here for comparison. Warning: Contains spoilers for The Chronicles of Prydain and The Lord of the Rings Endings are a linchpin in stories. They are a little thing, often just the last tenth or less of the narrative, but how a story ends impacts everything that came before and the overall impression with which a readers leaves the story. I did not especially enjoy reading Where the Red Ferns Grow , but the last few pages hit me in such a way that I left the book satisfied. On the other hand, as is evident in my posts on All the Light We Cannot See , I was enjoying Doerr’s book a good bit, but the ending left me wondering how I should feel about everything that had come before. They are the final narrative consequence of everything that came before, and that’s what makes them hard to write and so important to discuss. I spent the l...