Amy has written nineteen novels in multiple genres, including the bestsellers, WHAT THE WIND KNOWS and WHERE THE LOST WANDER. If nothing else, this was an insanely beautiful show, well-scored and well-acted. About the wang discussion, i think wang told her that soo died 20 days ago, after her chimio was over, because she didnt want to give up on her chimio because of the sad news (im assuming wang found out oh soo died 6 months ago). But through her eyes, the focus is still so-so. Frankly, I am glad it ended at 16, unlike most dramas these days that stretch the episodes to 20, 24, and even 50, when there is hardly enough plot for 16. Everything was so carefully built to that ending (except for the stabbing scene) that it felt planned to me. So for a hot second there, I thought that the ending sequence was a dream, in part because of the blurriness of it all and the inherent implausibility of well, everything. These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. It's a really nice juxtaposition, imo. But, bite the cat that corners you, don't run and bite your mouse friend D': Maybe, he pulled a Moo Chul and was helping him in a way? I was definitely perplexed, after having watched this episode. After hearing this, Lizzy shoots and kills Emma. Within that fight is the love that compatriots have not only for their cause but for each other, as the friendship between Collins and Thomas proves. Are they both dead and finally meeting in the afterlife? I'm certainly not an expert on NHK's work-- I've only seen a handful of her dramas. The game amps up as Jin-sungs family loads the truck to move though theyre being watched by a shady-lookin dude. Which might be realistic. I always felt as if she was always looking at me with all her body and heart. JS to me was a consistent character. It was a pleasure reading them. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. The ending was open ended. But I guess in the end, what's important is that they both reconciled and expressed their love to each other and whether they really lived or died didn't matter to me. The more she tries to unravel her familys past, the more entangled she becomes. I did not feel a thing at the end of this show. The Wind is a slow-burn horror-mystery based in the Wild West. Fresh out of the oven from their dangerous and daring adventures in America, the book finds Simon, Baz, Penny, Agatha, and Shepherd back in the UK with a laundry list of problems to take care of. Highly recommend. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. The attention to detail in this book made this story come alive in a way I've rarely experienced while reading. Or maybe Soo went into hiding until gangster Kim was arrested? On one hand, there are a number of physical manifestations of this alleged demon. Which begs the question: who was the better at conning? It's a happy ending! True. And I guess we underestimate the rate at which human hair can grow. I totally agree. Amy knew at an early age that writing was something she wanted to do, and she divided her time between writing songs and stories as she grew. That's why anything I say about her or her books will be an injustice to the greatness she is able to craft in her stories.What the Wind Knows started off slow for me. Fans of Outlander will treasure this book. Olivia Hawker, author of The Ragged Edge of Night, With masterful and enchanting storytelling, Amy Harmon weaves a tale of epic love, alternating between the present and war-torn Ireland in 1921 like a seasoned historian. Why did he have to go stab Soo? This time, we look at the baffling ending of Neon. I won't try to understand that, just feel like many dramas have this thing with making even some of the foulest people redeemable or sympathetic in cases in which the person has a child or takes care of a child. Door to Tomorrow ( Mirai e no tobira) is the 268th and final chapter of The World God Only Knows. The ending of The Thing is a hotly debated subject amongst nerds and fans everywhere. There is absolutely no reason to vague up a happy ending so yeah that was not a happy ever after ending. Lawyer Jang finds Secretary Wang in the countryside, where she watches her elderly parents from afar. Seriously I kept fast forwarding cuz there was nothing intriguing. I will have to agree to disagree on the ending. In the very last scene of "Younger," Liza (Sutton Foster), wearing a chambray button-down shirt, tries to order . She's in her version of the LOST holding pattern universe and she had to find her way to Soo, thus the center scene surrounded by people that she loves and makes her happy. (Shes implying that people need people, and that they need each other.). No, it wasnt ever hard, Blurry Figure responds. Summary. Every time. Because more than any other k-drama writer I can think of, NHK is gifted at writing highly relatable, complex characters whom I understand. Once you come up for air, you may not be sure which time period you're living in, only to realize it truly doesn't matter. Maybe this is how she sees redemption or growth. I always see this movie labeled as "porn", but this is the perfect example of explaining that it isn't. I will find myself standing in a place and wonder about the feet that have stood where mine are planted. Kudos to you. Young gives a coy smile, causing them both to break out in grins before Soo takes her face in his hands and kisses her. Boss Man is hosting the game, and announces the grand prize seven million dollars. As tensions rise, Thomas joins the struggle for Irelands independence and Anne is drawn into the conflict beside him. By the time we reach its denouement . Young believes that the only option left for her at this point is to die, but as we've seen before she doesn't really want to (and a lot of people who attempt suicide don't) and is very scared of death. Michael and his men discover the door has been locked and they would have died if not for Anne's warning. Thanks for your input on what was said by the actors about the finale coz I was confused and I wanna be happy.Yep,if she was in heaven her vision would be 100%!! Learn more. ), We did have two con-men though, that's true. Jin-sung arrives in the meantime so Boss Man can declare him Soos gambling partner, and all of Soos huffing and puffing cant reverse the situation now. Amy Harmon is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of thirteen novels, including From Sand and Ash, and the Whitney Awardwinning The Law of Moses. Cherry blossom petals rain down as they kiss in soft-focus surroundings. And the good times keep going as Soo helps Jin-sung and his family pack for their move to the countryside. We've all seen Jin Sung take a beating and give one and I have no doubt he would have caused some serious damage. Anyway, I thought it was clear enough that the ending was real, the blurry perspective was Young's post-surgery sight as Kaye says. , Page numbers source ISBN According to me oh yongi and oh so dead, and it is a utopian ending oh so.karena previously said that if atthe time he died he would recall memories of her time with youngi, and yongi died after 6 months of treatment. I didn't think about it that way when watching the final scene so i believed they both died. What a delight, to begin the year with one of my most anticipated reads of 2019, by one of my favorite authors of all. The male protagonist is a con-man in some sorts. Thomas's worst fear is that Anne will return to her own time. Soo lies(?) Jin-sung tells Boss Man that all the winnings are his in order to pay Soos debt, but Boss Man has another plan he knows where Jin-sungs family is, which is already a threat in and of itself. *cries*. Also when heesun and jinsung said they would bring flowers to soothe way it sounded in korean was like they were visiting his grave as hes not around longer rather than visiting a live person to give him flowers. Jin-sung readies to stab his best friend again, but he cant bring himself to do it and drops the knife. No matter how beautiful, awe-inspiring, or unexpected an AI-generated artwork is, we cannot currently call it creative because we cannot - yet - assign agency to machines, writes Dustin Stokes and Elliot Samuel Paul. After killing Isaac, Lizzy goes out to the prairie and stares into the horizon until the film ends. She can write characters with extremely logical and complex psyche, even the baddies. But then Id be asking for realism, and that is not what this show was selling. I did feel one thing at the end of the final episode: Thank God it is finally over! If that was for Oh soo's grave then why it is on the table? If it was a "porn" movie it wouldn't get nearly as much critical acclaim as it did. A trunk full of Emma and Gideon's books is moved into the Macklin cabin after Emma's death, which includes the dead woman's copy of "Demons of the Prairie.". Something about it resonated, and while fiction hasn't been so good for me lately, I had a feeling about this one and I was right. Or if any of that actually matters. The kissing under the cherry tree was really true not a dream nor an imagination (if it was an imagination, how cruel the mind of Oh youn was, it doesn't make sense). // Load the SDK asynchronously Blurry. They eventually decide on lambs ear, because that was the plant special to him and Young. Very pretty to look at like a picture, but barely engaging and forgettable in the end. Hmm .. From the very first page all the way to the very end, I was swept up in Amy Harmons beautifully crafted, enchanting story of American-born Anne Gallagher, who travels to Ireland for the first time in her life to fulfill her beloved grandfather Eoins dying wish to have his ashes spread in the lake at his childhood home. I really wanted to completely love this show and I did especially the the first third of the drama but the show just started going downhill for me in the last three episodes. And as was mentioned, there is no way Hee-Sun and Jin-Sung could be happy is Soo were really dead. Because now just isnt a good time? "I must not be crazy, it is not all in my head" I thought. Thank you so much for the recap! This Study Guide consists of approximately 65pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - It seemed like the restaurant was Soo's because he told her he actually wanted to cook because Jin Sung and Hee Sun both like his cooking. Therefore, I think that one stab wasn't enough to kill Soo. Thank you Amy for this book, you are the most wonderful writer. Well done. Youngs self-realizations werent dependent on her as an individual, and her decision to live didnt come from a place of autonomous empowerment or anything befitting the idea of character growth, because her change in tempo was dependent on Soos reactions. But his words also remind us that behind the clouds, the sun is always still shining. It doesn't mean that after the surgery, she will immediately have an eyesight. This book has that but even if that was taken out, it's a lovely historical fiction set during the Irish Civil War. Im going to carry you.. , Language It's alright if you're uncomfortable watching others be intimate at the moment, buuut "porn" is not the correct label for such a film. The ending was definitely real. No one told her Soo was dead. Santiago tells the wind that love can empower it to do anything. These last few episodes were off and did not match up to the earlier episodes. I enjoyed the feisty and whiplash smart Young in the beginning of the show and then her character just went downhill with the suicide attempt. As Lizzy struggles to come to terms with the ghoulish reverend, she is driven to consider suicide closely. If the ending of The Wind left you with a few questions, allow us to supply the answers. There was never ever enough Kim Bum. Despite the fact that she threw the keys blindly into the greenhouse shrubbery the night before, Young emerges into the secret room without a speck of dirt on her. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. South Wind Knows My Mood Episode 38. She considers trying to return to Thomas and the young Eoin, but she can never replicate the conditions. I still think he did die, so im kinda surprise how many people think he lived. I think that is what the writer ment. I know, hard to believe. And we see her see the boy's hand and pat it. As the story jumps back and forth in time, we learn that leading up to her death, Emma's behavior had become increasingly erratic, while after her death, Lizzy has come to believe that she too is being menaced by the entity her neighbor claimed to hear whispering to her on the wind. Kindle AZW file. I can't buy Jin-sung doing it, I don't see the logic of the threat (did his family get hit by that truck? Sun-hee, after a dose of Newfound Optimism, smiles as she claims that Youngs chances are over 50% with that kind of preparedness. I didn't have a problem with Soo not taking the $$ though! I guess people thought she was really making headway but I felt like it was bound to happen. Theres new focus to her eyes she can definitely see. Stabbingthis seems to be used a lot. Soon after the funeral, Lizzys husband Isaac, along with Gideon, leaves to get supplies for the winter and report the deaths, saying he will be back in a few days. Hes leaving, but not before he kisses her on the forehead, eyelid, and cheek. OMGAI thanks so much for recapping this, HeadsNo2 n.n I've literally been coming back to Dramabeans every other hour to see if the recap has been posted yet lol (and all my other hours, I've been watching and re-watching, then rewinding and re-rewatching the same 1 scene from episode 8 of "You're the Best, Lee Soon-shin") haha n.n, It seems to me that the writer changes her mind many times regarding many aspects as she wrote the drama. Furthermore, they focused on the flowers, which looked like the lamb's ear and freesias they were talking about. This drama was beautiful and I no doubt loved it but the ending didn't exactly get stupid, it just never explained itself.. but the 'open' ending is so well done, that whenever, however I feel, I could say, ok, Soo is dead or ok, this is a happy ending. He lived like a dog, and died like a dog, she laments, though shes not willing to let Soo comfort her as she tells him that he wont be needed at Moo-chuls cremation. She was slowly recovering her vision. A horror that doesn't fall prey to the stereotypes of the genre (read - Hereditary, A Quiet Place, Bird Box). As the novel comes to an end, the couple are reunited and happy together. We dont hear or see it, but the look on Jin-sungs face seems to tell us that the truck plowed into his familys car. So if we get a time leap, then we're also fast forwarding the course of the disease but why is Young's vision clearer? Just like Young, this show grew and developed until about halfway, when it started losing its momentum, getting more secretive, and reverting to bad old habits. He's strongly hinted that Don did indeed create the Coke advert, telling TVLine just after the finale aired: "The idea that some enlightened state, . I for one liked the ending. From what I understand, a feeble attempt at killing yourself like Young did is not a suicide attempt, but a cry for help/attention. var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; i had the same reaction when a friend told me, man! I wonder what it will be? At least Moo-chul's minion seems to have Jin-sung's back. And so, we deceive ourselves, claim our conscience is merely the voice of our own bias and choose the easy way out instead, writes Gordon Marino. Her historical novels, inspirational romances, and young adult fantasy books are now being published internationally. If it was sooner rather than so close to the end, it would have sat in place better, narratively. But a girl can dream. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. I understand why he wouldnt take Youngs freely-offered money, but it made the entire con seem moot when he could have done this sort of one-gamble-to-rule-them-all from the beginning anyway. This action reflects justice, which is usually represented by two scales, weighing different viewpoints. The trailer for No Way Home revealed a bit of how that will happen: Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) will seemingly break the multiverse while trying to undo the moment when Peter Parker's. "Time-travel is a subject that has always fascinated me from a young age. An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestseller. The frontier of the American West in the 1800s was a difficult place to live, especially for women. Sure the show wasn't perfect but it did give us a happy ending which both characters deserved. I waited until you would talk to me., I couldnt bring myself to do it, Soo says with a sheepish smile. Wow, now that "winter" has past, I can finally breathe. He was timeless - simple, yet strong, and completely human. I really love him. As far as stabbing goes guns are really hard to get in Korea so stabbing's the best way to kill someone. It is what it is. And if not, why not? Anne is surprised to learn that Eoin wants her to spread his ashes in Ireland on Lough Gill. The flowers were present at the cafe table where Young was seated too. Though her expression is one of peace, we know that after killing her husband, Lizzys life as she knows it is over. (Seriously! Her fantasy novel, THE BIRD AND THE SWORD was a Goodreads Best Book finalist. That question isn't answered until the end of the film when it's revealed that Emma didn't actually shoot herself. She would have been very selfish and unchanging because she wouldn't know who could be trusted, especially when you know your step mom has sabotaged your eyes. A romcom, please!!! A tiny moment passes before he asks if they can see each other again. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. He says only that it is not safe and refuses to discuss it further. Had Soo survived, there was no way, the gangster boss, Kim, would have let Jingsung lived happily.