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@ericawordsmith

So, I understand what you’re saying, about the darkness of stories having a hopeful (even if minuscule) conclusion… but I don’t agree one-hundred percent. I think it’s fine for readers to leave the story feeling somewhat depressed about the life of my characters. Without a hope for them. I think that within the context of life, sometimes we need to see things from a perspective that doesn’t have a peaceful/hopeful ending. Because quite honestly, many people won’t have that.

One of my favorite movies was Solo. The StarWars movie. And I like it as a story totally separate from the SW universe. The reason being that it was a brilliantly told as a comedic tragedy. In the end I felt sad for the main characters, because of their depravity. It was a story about total depravity, something lacking in literature. And it was something told so well in a secular work. I find value in it because it told a story of truth.