I love Ron Ripley, but this book had a shocking ending!
585086
ok, so I gave it five stars.  I love Ron Ripley.  However, this book had a shocking ending.  I won't say more because you have to read the book, but I was personally very sad about it.  I'm still reeling over the ending and don't know quite what to say.  I would've liked to know more about the culprit and what made him what he was. I don't think you will be disappointed by reading his books.
209002
I read this in one sitting and was consumed. I just haf to figure out the mystery and why they were living like they were. It was like putting together a puzzle and thinking you have the right piece and then finding it doesnt fit... All was great until I was at the 80%ish mark, the ending was extremely unsatisfying, confusing, didn't really answer all the questions and truthfully pissed me off lol Would have been a 5 star for sure if the ending hadnt been so disappointing. If anyone feels the same or has insight on the ending please let me know! Maybe from a different prospective Ill better understand the ending.
2801164
Ronald Balson weaves a great tale, with multiple scenarios going on at once.  Its hard to put the book down. However, his endings (I read "Once we were Brothers"...& I feel identically about that book) are way to abrupt and too "Pollyannaish."
865775
I found this book to be a great read--couldn't put it down!  Unfortunately the ending left me feeling a bit cheated by the author!  After a long emotional ride with the main character's tragic experiences, I almost felt it was owed to me to find out what was to happen next!  Maybe that was done on purpose for a sequel?  I recommend borrowing this book from someone or just buying the paperback.  It's a good story, but something I wouldn't want to read again.
1989596
I was really gripped, kept turning the pages, the whole set-up was excellent, lots of motives, confusions, mixed feelings. I couldn't wait to finish it and solve all the mysteries.
 The confused heroine and the mysterious stranger, really very well done, utterly convinving! Great job!
But then, when it came to offering solutions, there were just a few sloppy sentences, like sketching a possible direction what might have happened, but no real explanation. When I am kept on tenterhooks for many hundreds of pages, I want to know what actually happened
Without giving away too much: What did Colby actually do to his brother? What was Claude's role in the whole thing? Why were Wallis and El's actions so easily forgivable that El could be fully trusted to complete Jay's treatments at the end? I did not feel satisfied on the intellectual level at all. I hope that Suzanne Forster is going to work on this, as I really like the way she sets up the whole story, I am just left with too many open questions at the end.
94949
I loved this book once I got into this author's style, she is a craftsman with words. An artist in her field.

The book is intricately intertwined. Two stories in one. So detailed you feel the characters. Smell the smell, feel each emotion.

However, the three stars. A shocking, very abrupt ending. No ending really. You find out little to nothing about what happens to the characters you have come know and care about. Also many gaps in years of how the main characters got where they are today.

Pick it up, read it, you will be sucked into a wonderful story.

Such a shame on this ending with nothing wrapped up. Such a promising writer, but because of the ending I doubt I will read another of this author's work.
3442184
ONE star for the ending, what a tragedy!  If it was better, I honestly would have rated this novel the full 5 stars.  What a thrilling story and written with such imagery.  I am so disappointed by the culmination.  I read this book in two days, I loved that you can switch to audio and listen to it in the car or while you're doing chores at home.  There was so much potential to the story!  The plot twists and shocking revelations that could have been!  I would say save yourself and don't let this book break your heart.
4512515
I am furious with this book.
The story was very captivating for the entire book. I was quite enticed by Chucks life-long search for evidence and continuous self-training to become a better researcher.
Then I reached the end of the book.
*SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER*
The last few paragraphs are REDACTED. Seriously? So, literally, the moment the entire book was building up to was for absolutely nothing.

What was the point? What was I supposed to take away from that empty, meaningless ending? Was I supposed to think that you, Ben Mezrich, are a masterful storyteller? That you were so incredibly brilliant with your book ending that your readers would find it humorous that the culmination of the story ended without any concrete information at all? Please, what a cop-out.

You are horrible. Way to ruin a good book.
1653611
I really did enjoy this book.  The ending to the trial and then the ending of the book (even moreso) were total shocks.  I was walking home from the train crying as I was reading.

Also read "Handle with Care" and again shocked by the ending.  That one was a complete cop out.  All that and then this is how it ends?  Seems to be a pattern that I now know to expect but I'll still read the books.
79304
I really enjoyed this book. I wish the different perspectives within the different time periods had been a bit clearer to help with the flow, but I loved the concept. I very much loved the story and the mother's harrowing journey. I was so glad to see her reunited with Ray at the end. That being said, I was extremely let down by the ending. Their reunion resolved that story line, but what about resolution for Annabel and for Sam? I have so many questions. I think it is unfair to the reader to introduce these characters and make their stories so integral to the plot and then to not resolve them for us at the end. An epilogue would have been nice to see what happened with everyone after the reunion.
2911238
I loved this book until the ending.  Actually the end of the book was fine, it was the part leading up to it that was questionable.

The characters were interesting and engaging.  Their conversations were fun, but the transformation Chase made toward the ending was strange enough to drop off from 5 to 4 stars.  No spoilers here, don't worry.

Both Chase and Reese have plenty of baggage between them, and nothing is insta-solved by a few kind words, so for that I am grateful.  Their relationship is fun to a point, and heartbreaking when it hits a terribly rough spot.  I do like that there were no quick fixes for anyone.  It's just that he steps so low and does odd things that could be justified if they weren't SO outlandish.

I'd recommend the book to my friends.  I wonder if we'll ever hear Owen's story...
427503
I guess I echo the sentiments of many of the other reviewers. I have become well acquainted with Alex Cross through many readings of Patterson's books, and the ending of Roses are Red, for two reasons, shocked and disappointed. But I cannot help but wonder what direction his next Cross novel will take because of the enormity of the ending. It throws everything out of whack. I am curious to see how the next book in the Alex Cross series fares. I loved the book, until about the fifth to last page.
4537126
I read this book in a day.  It was very intense and scary.  It's about strange spider like creatures that trap shoppers in a supermarket and ends with a few who manage to escape.  I didn't like the ending though.  In the book, the ending just leaves you guessing but on the movie promo's, they say this is the best ending ever???????  So I'm guessing they must have changed the ending for the movie.  Don't watch the movie if you're not in to blood and gorr. As usual, Stephen King has gripped us with his writing skills again.
2428414
I loved the book. I'm not too sure how I feel about the ending though. It ended well with good closure, but I guess it wasn't what I predicted it would have been. The shock put me in tears...
4966532
Keep me reading page after page ....the ending wad a total shocker
3871083
Empire of the Ants is quite captivating and well written - and seems to be leading up to a mind-blowing final act.  I found myself completely caught up in the story - the intrigue appearing to point toward some sort of a revelation that ants and humans are the same - not metaphorically, but metaphysically.  I believe that the ideas I had for where I thought the story was going to lead me were immensely more interesting than the way the book ultimately finished.  That is certainly not to say I am a storytelling genius - it is to say that the ending of this book really, really sucks.  I mean, I was so let down I wanted to throw this book into a magma pool.  However, there are no magma pools around here so I sold it to Half Price Books instead.
1051936
Haddam's books are always very good. . I'm usually surprised at the end of Haddam's books. This book's ending however, came as a complete surprise. All I could do was say, "WHAT ?"!