Authors who fill their books with hints but never reveal the truth

I have only seen a few of Alfred Hitchcock's films like "Psycho" and "The birds", but I know he has made other films that are less wellknown. "Psycho" really surpriced me. I have also read the book, but it didn't surprice me the same way as I already knew the story from the movie. Do you like his movies? Which ones have you seen? I also think that author might want to write similar novels in the future. The first author that I mentioned when I started the discussion is a very popular author in my country and he writes books for children and books for adults. It could be interesting to see if his other novels belong to the same type of books.

Years ago, I remember them years ago and really would need to see one again to comment on them. Maybe, I should and then I would see what I think now. I know we can think of it as dropping the person outside in the alley sort of thing but maybe there is a reason for doing what they do as well? As far as movies are concerned I've seen some that run out of money and end the film in lightening speed. It is possible that happens with books as well. Who can say? Hemingway was an author that didn't say everything black and white. You had to read between the lines in parts. Some authors want the reader to think about the subject but it is difficult to make the determination if they are good or bad writers I suppose. Definitely worth talking about with others for sure.

I have only read a few of Hemingway's books and I don't remember them that clearly. The thing you wrote about reading between the lines made me think about the author that I mentioned when I started the discussion. I think that I might have guessed when happened in the book, but I was always hoping that the author would confirm it in the last chapters of the book or tell us that it didn't happen that way so that I would see if I was right or wrong. He never did, so I am not sure if my thoughts are correct or not. I think that kind of books are a great topic for discussions, and it is interesting to discuss our interpretation of the book with other people have read the same book. The book that I mentioned would be an excellent topic in a bookclub where you all read the same books and discuss them.

The first book that I mentioned is a Danish book. The author's name is Bent Haller, but I don't know if the book has been translated to English. It is called: "Indtil sommeren er forbi" and that means "Not till the summer is over" The story takes place during the summer and many different people write their version of the tragic thing happened, but no one tells you directly what happened, you have to guess that yourself. I don't remember of the name of the other author, but it was also written by a Danish author. I have read the first book about Harry Potter, but I didn't read the others yet. It is not a genre that I usually read, but I did enjoy the first book.

I see. So that's the book. Maybe that was its purpose. It was probably up to you to guess on what really happened in the story, thus having your own interpretation and imagination answer all the questions you might have with the book.

I also get disappointed when we aren't told the reason behind the things that happened in story or when the author finish the story without revealing what the answer to the mystery is. I remember an ebook that I read. It was a story about a couple who checked into a hotel and they had to stay in two different rooms. The next day when the woman woke up her husband wasn't there and when she talked to staff from the hotel about her husband they told her that she had arrived alone. In the rest of story the woman tried to find out what happened. I thought that there were at least two options: The woman was mentally ill and only imagined that she arrived with her husband or staff from the hotel had something to do with her husband's disappearance and they were hiding the truth from her. I thought that I was going to discover the truth at end of story, but the author never revealed the truth, and I was disappointed when I had finished the story.