Ending of The River Between

I really didn't like the ending of The River Between.

It left the reader hanging and didn't resolve the fundamental conflicts in the story.

We never find out what ultimately happens to the village, Waiyaki personally, or the relationship between Waiyaki and Nyambura.

I told somebody in class Friday (while waiting to see if Rein could make it) that I almost wanted to rewrite the ending and provide some real answers to the cliffhangers.

I also wish there had been more development of some of the characters (Joshua in particular). Some of the characters (especially the "bad" characters, e.g., Joshua, Kabonyi, Kamau, etc.) were laughably "cookie-cutter."

If I ever wrote a fuller ending to this book, I would take the time to develop these characters far more than Ngugi does.