A problem in a lot of modern fiction

[Curmudgeoness]

1. This is one of the reasons that I read so many classics.

I do read modern fiction as a bubble-gum-for-the-mind kind of thing....when I am burned out from thought-provoking or very emotional books. But I agree with you. The ends are usually unfulfilling and just hit you. I find that too many modern fictions are all about action and high drama instead of a well-turned story with a great ending.

I am particularly fed up with the girl who is perfect and runs all over the place saving the ass of some guy who is hopeless. She is always beautiful, even when it seems that no one has slept in four days of running around.

I am always shocked when I find a decent book that has been written recently.