Spontaneous Reviewing

In poker, it's called steaming when you've lost a hand you thought you'd win (or deserved to win, or whatever), and I promised I wouldn't review while I was steaming. But I tried to sleep on it, and here I am, still so friggin' irritated that I couldn't sleep.

Some mornings you couldn't wake me up with a hot poker (yesterday, for instance, or the day before that, and the day before that) and this morning, inexplicably, I woke up two hours early, still peeved about the book I finished last night, 31 Hours.

Let me explain. I started the book Tuesday night and only got two chapters into it. I was not really interested, but it had come highly recommended on www.flashlightworthybooks.com so I persevered. I continued and found, surprisingly, that the story got more interesting by the end of the third chapter and I was delighted. Essentially, the premise of the book is that this white, Anglo, American guy has converted to Islam and (SPOILER ALERT!) is part of an upcoming terrorist attack on NYC via the subway system. Let me tell you, it was fascinating. Literally. The book chronicles the, you guessed it, 31 hours, before the attack is to take place. It's told from various viewpoints- characters that are loosely connected, but ones you grow to love nonetheless. Each one is somehow tied to the events coming up- the terrorist attack on the NYC subway system- and as it turns out, several of the main characters may or may not be on the subway when the attack takes place, if it even does.

Then it ends.

Seriously, there is NO FRIGGIN' ENDING. The fella is wavering, unsure he wants to do this and he gets onto the subway and... the end. What about his girlfriend's little sister, who might be on the subway because she was trying to save her parents' marriage? What about the homeless guy that's friggin' adorable? No idea. Does the attack take place? Probably yes, but your guess is as good as mine.

ARGGGGGGG!!!!!

So yes, I just wrote an entire blog about it to vent. I absolutely believe in (and love) ambiguous endings, but this wasn't an ending, for heavens sake. *ANGRY SIGH!* So now I go to you, friends. How do you feel about ambiguous endings? What's a book with an up-in-the-air ending that you loved? Am I bonkers? Thanks for your opinions!

The book had one upside- I'm going to start reviewing books again. :)

Happy Reading!