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Chapter 287: An Unnatural Death (Patreon)

Published:
2025-04-11 22:52:56
Imported:
2026-06

Comments

J

I'm glad you decided to do this; I was actually about to post a comment about how ending an entire book on a cliff hanger like the last chapter was...bold, to say the least. Like from a meta sense, we the readers know the MC is going to survive somehow...but it still feels like a gut punch for it to end there. My personal theory (that Kal's almost certainly imminent death would manage to reset the MC's soul, since we know it affects the other souls in the Suns universe, leading to the MC immediately waking back up as Tomas) appears to have been wildly incorrect.

Andrew DeSoto

Thank goodness he added the extra chappies, i was shook with such a cliff hanger

Mat

I’m sorry, but why are so mad about the cliffhanger I think it’s pretty clever it makes you wanna go and read the next book as soon as it comes out I’ve also read plenty of books that ended it like that. I thought it was a pretty natural thing, and I thought overall that the ending was very well thought and very well written

OriksGaming
>>170730709

Cliffhangers exist to make the reader frustrated and desperate for the next installment. From the author's perspective, that makes them a potentially valuable and pragmatic tool (albeit one that should be used sparingly for maximum effectiveness); but from a reader's perspective, it leads to an unsatisfying time in between chapters (or far worse, books), general discontent, and possibly spending that they'll regret later, if they're purchasing individual books. A big cliffhanger isn't cause for most readers to go, "Haha, you really got us, author; kudos!" Something like, "Fuck, why?!" would be more expected. It's particularly overused in modern online stories, where money is prioritized above all else, and cliffhangers can practically addict people to a subscription (while driving away those whose anger outweighs their desperation), stringing them along without respite. Admittedly, I don't think this story's writing is on the most extreme negative end of this, but it's definitely influenced by the format and overarching motivations, despite the author clearly caring about his craft. Still, expecting people to praise the author for it is like expecting people to exalt YouTube ads or regional blackouts for professional sports. These things suck for the consumer and being effective money-making strategies doesn't make them a moral or generally positive thing. You might as well tell people to cheer for rapid inflation, or monopolies. Obviously the scale is way different and cliffhangers in random online stories are probably the least of all of these evils, but the concept applies. The author's motivation doesn't match the readers' motivation in this instance, and it's completely valid for readers to tell the author that they don't like it, given they're paying for the privilege of reading ahead. As an aside, I don't think I can recall any book-ending cliffhangers in a single series that I've ever enjoyed, in my entire life. Book series that I enjoyed when I was young, such as Ender's Game/Speaker for the Dead, Harry Potter, etc. tended to have self contained stories that left room for continuation at the end of the book, but didn't taunt the reader into purchasing the next volume without providing any closure. The more cliffhangers there are, the less catharsis a reader gets from a book, which is a major part of the reading experience. Rising action, climax, rising action, climax, rising action (and so on, ad infinitum) is an unsustainable cycle. Falling action and conclusions exist for a reason. Without them, reading just isn't as satisfying and enjoyable. Every story must have an end.