Cimone Watson answers “I hated the ending - there was no ending.....”

Paula Blanton asked this question about Leave the World Behind:

I hated the ending - there was no ending.. such a build up all the way thru then nothing.... sorry, I don't know what the buzz was all about. Just didn't do anything for me.?

Cimone Watson I think by the end, we're meant to understand that the story is more about the internal change in these characters than it is about the actual disaste…moreI think by the end, we're meant to understand that the story is more about the internal change in these characters than it is about the actual disasters. in the outside world So the ending brings their emotional arc, but it concludes with more questions, because that's what the characters have. They don't have any answers. I get how it would be frustrating; I usually hate (HATE) cliffhangers, but for me, the author knocked this one out of the park. We saw all the stages of grief, shock, etc. that the characters went through in the first few days of this disaster, and we're left with those emotional stage coming to a conclusion, as the characters are about to have to accept things no one wants to accept; plus, at least in the immediate future, they won't have a real explanation for these things. They thought they were going to get one from Danny, but they couldn't.(less)

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