Sense of an Ending

Julian Barne's Man Booker winner is the book club selection for the month. I will preface my comments by saying I was quite ill when I read it with a sinus infection and probably high on a combination of self-medication and Amoxicilan--good times. Didn't love the book. I loved some of the symbols of the bridges and I think I recall windows or some kind of reflections (although that may be the disease talking). Didn't love the characters; had a hard time finding any type of empathy for their actions. It is a quirk of mine that I don't have a lot of patience for heterosexual relationships that struggle because of the difference in the sexes and blah blah blah. But ultimately what pointed my thumb down was the odd and completely unnecessary denouement. I don't need a book explained to me in the final chapter and if I do, the author has done a poor job of presenting the story.