Playing Editor - BTT

This week's question for Booking Through Thursday is a bit more challenging:

How about a chance to play editor-in-chief? Fill in the blanks:

__________ would have been a much better book if ______________________.

For the most part, I am not sure what I would change in any given book. Many times, even if I don't like the events or plotline in a given story, I can later see why the author chose to arrange things in that fashion. Often times, things make sense in hindsight, so I wouldn't want to change those elements.

On the other hand, there have been times when I don't like the ending to a story. Perhaps I would have changed the endings to a few stories, like a few of those I have read in the last two weeks or so, but that is more of the job of an author, not an editor.

I can't write stories myself so for now, I just have to content myself with enjoying the work of others.