And everybody died. the end.

"The fantasy never got beyond that- I didn't let it- and though the tears rolled down my face, I wasn't sobbing or out of control. I just waited a bit, then turned back to the car, to drive off to wherever it was I was supposed to be." Kathy Pg 288
This could just be me, but why is it that every book I have to read for school always has a depressing ending? Brave New World ended with John's death and everyone else being sent away to some desolate island. Now Never Let Me Go has ended with both the best friend and the lover dead and the narrator continuing on with her sad life. This is a very unsettling trend I see developing here... Now if I were playing devil's advocate I could say, "well in real life things don't always have happy endings" or "real literature isn't all about people falling in love or having everything go right for them". Well why not? Don't get me wrong, I actually enjoyed reading this book and it was very thought provoking; however, the books I enjoy reading the most do actually have happy endings despite all the troubles and woes they go through. The reason I favor those books above these is because it gives me hope that even when things go wrong in my own life, things will always fall back into place and be right again. That could just be me being an optimist but doesn't everyone wish for that? Sure everybody wants excitement and drama sometimes but in the end we just want to be happy and be loved. For me, reading has always been something I've enjoyed doing, and even though I like books that deal with social issues and such, I also like being able to believe that just maybe life doesn't really turn out so bad. So if you were looking for a book selection I beg you to find one with a happy cliche ending.