For the reader, two words signify the culmination of a literary journey. If the excursion through navigating the pages offers enough intrigue, adventure, and mischance, then those two words may elicit feelings of bittersweet satisfaction. If the experience is grueling, plodding, and outright boring to the point that the reader asks "Are we there yet?," then those words signify a resigned relief and a desire to never return. If those final words are ever reached at all because the reader gave up by page fifty.
Destinations: The End of a Book
Destinations: The End of a Book
Destinations: The End of a Book
For the reader, two words signify the culmination of a literary journey. If the excursion through navigating the pages offers enough intrigue, adventure, and mischance, then those two words may elicit feelings of bittersweet satisfaction. If the experience is grueling, plodding, and outright boring to the point that the reader asks "Are we there yet?," then those words signify a resigned relief and a desire to never return. If those final words are ever reached at all because the reader gave up by page fifty.