8 entries have been written about this. I'm not quite sure how I feel about this book or how it ended. All I know is that I needed more answers, more revelations. It felt like this wasn't the end. I did like the symbolism of good and evil in reference to the python and the apple in an ironic way. I like how Lemony S. was faithful in including Beatrice till the end. My fave "anybody-can-relate-to-this" parts: "It is one of the strange truths of life that practically nobody likes to be stared at and that practically nobody can stop themselves from staring." "If you live among people... then every moment of your life is an incident of peer pressure, and you cannot avoid it... And if you try to avoid every instance of peer pressure you will end up without any peers whatsoever..." It doesn't answer every question or solve every mystery, but I found the end of "The End" to be a very satisfying ending to a wonderfully entertaining series, which I have been reading for much of the past two months. (I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but like all the best children's literature, this series has some great jokes that only adults will get. In fact, some of the jokes require a knowledge of pop culture, classic literature, and Jewish culture. Nevertheless, you don't have to get all the jokes to enjoy the series.) In the end, the series is a wonderful meditation on