what is your ideal story/book

[cacian]

besides your ideal man/woman?

What components would make for the ideal story?

One thing I can make for right now is that my ideal story has to have a dash of destinial talent and humour.

[Gareth Heard]

For me an ideal story must have:

A good narrative, with the beginning. middle, and end clearly thought out.

Characters that resemble in someway people encountered in life

And depict events that can be related to reality.

[ladderandbucket]

My ideal story would illustrate some kind of eternal idea e.g revenge, desire, despair.

I am less interested in stories intended as a vehicle to evoke a historical period, make a political point etc. I still read those books, but they are not amongst my favourites. I would rather read non-fiction to educate myself.