I feel like those sorts of decisions need to be handled with a certain grace and a certain style that needs to be sensitive of what the sensibilities of the potential listener may be. I think this translates into writing as well. I think the book had plenty of the "it" I'm talking about, but the ending, the ending fell a bit flat. It was a little too opposite of the "chosen one" thing. I really dug Sam, but I was disappointed he didn't join the hide and seek guys. And it made me wonder, "how has this experience changed Sam?" Other characters remarked on how different he became, but I didn't really see all that much of a change in him throughout the novel. I would have liked to know more about what's in store for Sam, given everything he'd gone through.