What. An. Ending.

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There are no words - zip zilch nada none - for that ending. The book starts with a simple nod to the "fact" that Buck is writing from the comfort of his penthouse - all made believable by the events of the story (or at the very least the first three quarters of the story). It's only towards the end that this penthouse view starts to break down. Still yet, when the words start to point to Buck being housed in a correctional facility, rather than his own personal penthouse, it's a shock. Buck's story was a roller coaster ride, but you never once think that he would be someone who would end up in such a state by the story's end. Despite the character changes that he goes through, the reader, or at least this reader, always has the hope that his course will be made right again. There's this hope that he will see his mother's wishes for him become true once again.