Are epilogues necessary to read?

Answer 1

I think so. They provide a sort of conclusion you can't have at the end of the story usually. In Harry Potter, Rowling uses it to show that the story is really over and life goes on.

Answer 2

I would highly suggest reading epilogues. They usually tie up any loose ends, or sometimes they will show a main character a time after the events in the novel have happened and the impacts they made or how their lives have been impacted by such events. And, very rarely, the epilogue may set up a plot line for a possible sequel.

Overall, epilogues are a part of the story and should be read as a part of that story.

Answer 3

Yes, of course! The epilogue of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was the best chapter in any Harry Potter book.
Although if it's a nonfiction book, the epilogues are usually boring, but you still should read it.

Answer 4

If you want to know what happened to the characters after the end of the story you need to read the epilogue. It usually tells something that happens later, such as after the man and woman marry, they have a child and live happily ever after. Something like that anyway.

PS -- I'm also a Scorpio.

Answer 5

yes! it's a very important part of the story, but meant to be read as somehow "distanced" from it. for instance, many epilogues are set many years after the action of the book and kind of tie things up, but they're definitely part of the book, as is the prologue. things like introductions, appendices, etc. are more skippable.

Answer 6

If it's a good book, don't you WANT to read the epilogue?

Answer 7

Yes they are. They are the ending of the book it's like the conculsion

Answer 8

Yes!They provide you with necessary closure.

Answer 9

Pretty much, or else you won't really understand it.