What kind of endings do you like BEST?

Only room for 4 choices, so feel free to add your "others".

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Happy or satisfactory
51.8%
Bittersweet or tragic
12.9%
Open-ended or ambiguous
22.4%
Shocking or with a twist
12.9%
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@ChrisJagged Always happy or satisfactory. I can't stand open-ended and I don't like tragic. There's enough tragedy in the world without having to read fiction about it.
@ChrisJagged I love a a good twist! Doesn't have to be too shocking but I'd like to be surprised
@sylphrin I enjoy a good twist too. Not just for the sake of it or anything, but in certain genres it feels like the story is somehow incomplete without one.
@sylphrin YES! Any ending I can't predict pleases me. @ChrisJagged
@ChrisJagged I guess I'm in the minority, but while happy/satisfactory endings have their place and some books would be infuriating without that, they're also the least interesting kind of ending for me. But it also depends heavily on the type of book. I primarily read thrillers and horror, so it applies there, whereas when I'm reading a romance, I prefer a happier ending, and if I'm reading a drama, bittersweet can be good. I rarely want an open or ambiguous ending, but even those can work depending on the story.