The book as a whole, now that we’ve finished, seemed a bit
unsatisfying to me. The ending didn’t really do as much for me as I was hoping
it would. With all the action of the last few chapters (Sophie and Alberto
universe jumping straight out of the book they were in into some sort of limbo
where they could find Hilde and her father, etc), I was expecting more from the
ending. I thought that there would be some sort of epic meeting between Sophie
and Hilde through one way or another, and leaving only the small action of
Sophie’s to be noticed by Hilde left it on a flat note that I wasn’t expecting.
I do feel like the entire book could’ve come to a more solid resolution, though maybe that was the point, to leave it open to interpretation and different thoughts. It leaves it up to the reader to decide what could happen from there. I wish there had been some sort of more direct confrontation between Hilde and Sophie, though it does seem that there would be no real way to achieve that, given their “separate worlds” they live in.
I like the way that the author brought together their two worlds rather than just leaving it at the fact that Sophie and Alberto are in a book. It brought me closer to satisfaction with the ending to know that they are even in the same plane of existence, leaving room for them to at least acknowledge each other’s existence (even if it’s only through speculation and actions that mimic those from the book written for Hilde).
I do feel like the entire book could’ve come to a more solid resolution, though maybe that was the point, to leave it open to interpretation and different thoughts. It leaves it up to the reader to decide what could happen from there. I wish there had been some sort of more direct confrontation between Hilde and Sophie, though it does seem that there would be no real way to achieve that, given their “separate worlds” they live in.
I like the way that the author brought together their two worlds rather than just leaving it at the fact that Sophie and Alberto are in a book. It brought me closer to satisfaction with the ending to know that they are even in the same plane of existence, leaving room for them to at least acknowledge each other’s existence (even if it’s only through speculation and actions that mimic those from the book written for Hilde).
I agree w/ your assessment of the ending. It was anti-climactic, and I also expected something bigger at the end.
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