What is your favorite last line in a book? It would be fun to say only the line, and to let people guess the book title.
I just finished >!*Broken Angels*!<, the sequel to >!*Altered Carbon*!<, by >!Richard K Morgan!<.
The last line of the book is: >!“This afterlife shit is overrated.”!< In the context of what is going on in that world, it’s such a cool line and I was like, “This is the best one ever!!!”
Out of context, it’s just ok I think.
So hit me with your favorite last sentences in a book, whether it’s great in or out of context.
Maybe share what you like about the line, whether you liked the book. You don’t have to do the “guess the title” game if you don’t want to.
Maybe use [spoiler tags](https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/acewf2/how_do_you_put_a_spoiler_tag_on_your_posts/) for the line / book titles if it is an actual spoiler.
I’d rate the first book 5/5, it’s excellent and I love the author’s writing style. It’s straight up futuristic sci-fi, which I’m a fan of if the writing is good. I’d give a 4/5 to the second book (the one with the last line above).
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“It occured to me then that for as long as I could remember, this was the first time I had no desire to log back on to the Oasis.”
How do you want us to put it in spoiler tags but not say the title 😭
“Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met nearly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.”
What are we but a multitude of drops in the ocean?
And then there were none
Try to guess the book title
“Poo-tee-weet”?
“But there are much worse games to play.”
yes I said yes I will Yes.
“When the day shall come that we do part,” he said softly, and turned to look at me, “if my last words are not ‘I love you’-ye’ll ken it was because I didna have time.”
“‘Tis a far, far, better thing I do, than I have ever done before”. (Or similar.)