I like his books, his characters are interesting, seem real - ok they get into some improbable situations, but they’re crime novels, so some leeway there is natural and common enough, right?
I’ve liked enough of his books that since I first picked up The General’s Daughter after the movie came out, I’ve made a point of reading them all. Well, I just fnished his newest, and as much as I liked it while I was reading it, I can’t help but feel cheated by the ending. I’m not going to try the spoiler box, ( :wally myself) and I won’t spoil it here. But when it was all done, I just felt cheated out of an ending.
If you’re paying attention through the thing, you know WHEN the big finish will come, so that’s not the letdown. I guess the letdown is how final an ending it provided without any real resolution.
Is it me, or did anyone else get this same feeling out of the book? I think it’s got to be a common feeling - even in the acknowledgements at the end, he thanks (if I remember) his son for helping him conjure an ending scenario when one didn’t seem to be coming naturally iin the story. Leading me to think this may have been an “oh crap” moment, followed by a bright idea to bring some fast closure.