How did you feel about the book’s ending—both the fiery end to the apartment and its attic, as well as the man, Sam, Lauren ends up with?
It was time to end the situation once and for all. She needed to deal with reality. We can only guess how Sam will play out in the long term. Lauren would finally have to deal with the relationship long-term without thinking, “I can just send this one back to the attic.”
I thought the fire was a good way to end the infinite loop of husbands. Sam seemed “fine” - nothing special about him but nothing wrong either. It felt a little abrupt how she decided to stay with this one.
I liked how the book ended. Lauren had enough of the never ending “supply” of new husbands and had to do something to stop the madness. I thought it was a clever way to be “done” and for her to finally settle down and see if she and Sam could make it as a couple.
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Good ending. Something had to stop the rotation of men. However I think that Lauren deciding to accept this man, sight unseen, name unknown was the frosting on the cake. Lauren had grown up - finally.
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It was a crazy story and a crazy ending that summed things up perfectly. The rotating husbands had gone on long enough.
I was expecting an in-depth explanation of how the attic actually worked: time warp, another dimension, aliens…anything but just destroying it!
This ending reminded me of a story where a highschooler is on some cliffhanger of a terrible situation and all of a sudden his mother wakes him up to go to school! After I read this ending I thought no further about what it all meant for Lauren and her choices.
Guess I was pouting!
It had to end and to prevent inadvertent changes, it had to be destroyed. She was lucky to get Sam it seemed compared to previous husbands but may have been a reflection of herself at that time.
I liked the ending - no more attic! I would have liked to have more info on Sam and their relationship, although in some ways leaving that unknown also worked.
Lauren finally realized that she had to do something to stop this cycle. I might have liked to understand more about why it began in the first place. It was a good way to end, because Lauren has her friends and family and can now begin to see if she and Sam have a future.
I liked the ending very much. If left plenty of room for thought and wondering, always perfect for me.
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I loved how it ended. She realized that being able to return a husband so easily meant she never had to work on the relationship, communicate with her partner or her friends and family, resolve problems. It lead to a constant dissatisfaction.
I didn’t hate the ending, but the abrupt shift in perspective threw me off and made it seem like Lauren “having to end it all” was really just the author trying to figure out a way to end the book. I wonder what it would have been like had Lauren accepted her own agency in the attic situation and pursued the angle of staying divorced from Amos and trying to carve out her own path again. Maybe she sells the flat and moves away from the temptation of the attic? I don’t know that she ever came to a realization that makes her equipped to navigate her relationship with Sam.
I do wonder if she was seeking something that Bohai found - a perfectly fine but unremarkable relationship.
It was a perfect ending, in my opinion, since it reflects Lauren’s realization that there is no perfect husband hence no perfect life. This is a sign that she is willing to accept life as it is and make the best of it with Sam; however, the fire was a pretty drastic solution.
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I was wondering through outthe book, how would the merry-go-rounds would stop. A fire, without injuries, was the best solution. It certainly took care of the attic. I did think some type of explosion would happen with sparking lights etc.
The ending did tie up the book neatly. Sam was a good choice for Lauren..actually she didn’t have a choice. 
Sam is someone she can grow old with and he is good with building her confidence.
Finally, she grows up ! And she even considers his needs as she salvages items, even though she has yet to set eyes on the man. No more fantastical than the rest of the book. Though using an attic as the revolving doorway is a pretty good substitute for the actual dating/bed hopping/ bar meetings/ friend match-ups etc that make up finding a partner in real life.
I was also so disappointed because I thought all along that it would be a dream or a fantasy while sleeping off a hangover. I was disappointed by the ending and thought it was a little too easy. There were not enough details to think one way or the other about Sam but my sense was that he was a good guy.