'the dumbest fucking ending to a story I've ever read' - should I feel honored? At least there WAS a twist at the end of the story. Most likely I didn't get a good review from that reader?
First I was going to brush that away like all the other negative feedback I had received before but then I started thinking it more closely. I had eagerly rushed through some stories myself and suddenly the ending of the story was different than what I would have wanted it to be, unexpected, disappointing, maybe unhappy - and I admit that I had felt betrayed in those situations. But did that make the story itself bad? Maybe in a sense that the ending didn't give me the feelings that I wanted to have - but it forced me to face the fact that this it how things usually are in real life. Not so many walks towards the sunset on the sunny side of the street.
I'll keep on writing and most likely disappointing some of you people with my ideas. It's not personal, my mind is just wired that way.
...and I did exchange some emails with the person who gave the feedback. In good spirit.