Part of me has trouble understanding why prologues and epilogues are "controversial" within the bookish community. Yet they are, so here we are.
Going into this post, I had bit of research on prologues, epilogues, and their function. I also did a bit of looking into why people don't like prologues and epilogues. This blog post serves as my personal thoughts on prologues and epilogues.
Prologues and epilogues have their place. Nonfiction books - history books, biographies, autobiographies, etc. - have an easier time incorporating prologues and epilogues than fiction books. Most nonfiction books need a prologue and epilogue to give the book a bit more context.
With fiction books, prologues and epilogues can be hit or miss. In some cases, the author can make a prologue and/or epilogue work in a fictional work. However, I think it really depends on the story for a prologue and/or epilogue to work in a fictional book.
I personally don't see prologues and epilogues as "controversies." Sometimes they work, other times they don't. I understand why people don't like prologues and epilogues. They can lengthen a book unnecessarily, or be totally out of context to the rest of the story.
As I said above, prologues and epilogues have their place. Some work, and others don't. It also depends on the book itself and how the story is told.
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