Opinion of Book Endings

[Stary Dreams 87]

Okay, so today I told my friends about my plans for the story plot for my third book (which is not published, nor are the other books before it) and they said that I was being killing off pretty much every character. Well... I basically planned it to be the last book, and I just want to finish it by basically causing a return from a villain in the first book and causing no miracles to happen that will save some character's life in some way. They said that I shouldn't make almost all of them die, and that the third book is pretty depressing due to all the death and drama and all that. Should I kill off like almost all of them except the main char and a few others? Or should I do something else?

 

(Oh, and I openly admit that even I felt depressed after telling them what happened )

 

And if anyone is wondering what the titles are...

(They're pretty cheesy ones in my opinion, and I plan on changing them)

1: Grace's Tale: Call of Destiny

2: Grace's Tale: Whispers

3: Grace's Tale: Echoes for Eternity

Edited January 26, 2013 by Stary Dreams

[Modphase 1,271]

I kinda like any media in which main characters die. Only for the sake of them dying as heroes. If heroes save the world or whatever, and don't die, then they turn out like Duke Nukem. And it's also pretty dramatic and leaves the reader in awe when every main character is dead. I would say go ahead and kill them off. I do want to read your book.

[Standard User 2,127]

I plan on killing off the innocent characters that don't deserve to die. If your main characters are well-loved by your readers, then MURDER THEM ALL WITH A HATCHET.

But yeah, do whatever YOU want to do. Write for you and only you.

[Lunas Husband 2,777]

I say kill them all. Now days all story's are so happy, and the hero gets the girl! and the villain dies or go's to jail or whatever... lets face it.. in the real world, everyone dies, the hero dose not get the girl and the villain wins and blah. So by all means kill them all, they did that in "High School of the dead"...

[Scootalove 10,689]

Killing a hero who wants to be remembered for sacrificing his life to save anyone, could be either a good book ending or a bad one.

[Diamondeye83 49]

I prefer stories that the main character survives, but at a great cost. I think that the death of a main character causes a build up of you really liking and connecting with the character, and ripping that away makes(me at least) feel more unfulfilled than anything. It's just all the hope that I amass just rooting for the character crushed but their death. I don't oppose the death on a main character, but somewhere deep inside me, it disappoints me.