Which Novels Have the Best Endings | Talking About Jane Eyre, The Ones We're Meant to Find & More
Everyone loves a happy ending -- but only when it's well-deserved. In this week's episode, Marissa and Megan are revisiting the best and most satisfying endings they've ever read in a novel. We've got some hot takes and some safe bets, plus we're talking about some new reads.
Once Marissa figures out how to open a podcast, the two readers dive into discussing their most recent reads. Over the past two weeks, both readers have a shorter list than normal, but we're chit-chatting about Emma by Jane Austen, Villette by Charlotte Bronte, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green, and Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham.
From there, they dive into the bold, the beautiful, and the brilliantly open-ended novel endings they've loved. Marissa talks about her first fave book ending from Ms. Bronte while Megan deep dives into an ending from every millennial childhood. The bookish fiends revisit a Book Jar favourite in Joan He's The Ones We're Meant to Find and discuss why the open ending is the best choice for this novel. Megan discusses The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Megan mentions a novel by Stephen King that might be a bit underrated. To wrap it up, Marissa revisits a novel dear to her own childhood (Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland), Megan chats about another Mulan-esque novel (Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh), and Marissa goes back to Sailor Moon #12 to discuss why and how the series was ended perfectly.
Overall, both readers discuss what makes a satisfying ending to a novel. Is it the happiness of the characters? The realness of the story? What makes a good read?
The readers finish it off by discussing their reading goals for the next two weeks and pull the next topic from the Book Jar.
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From there, they dive into the bold, the beautiful, and the brilliantly open-ended novel endings they've loved. Marissa talks about her first fave book ending from Ms. Bronte while Megan deep dives into an ending from every millennial childhood. The bookish fiends revisit a Book Jar favourite in Joan He's The Ones We're Meant to Find and discuss why the open ending is the best choice for this novel. Megan discusses The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Megan mentions a novel by Stephen King that might be a bit underrated. To wrap it up, Marissa revisits a novel dear to her own childhood (Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland), Megan chats about another Mulan-esque novel (Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh), and Marissa goes back to Sailor Moon #12 to discuss why and how the series was ended perfectly.
Overall, both readers discuss what makes a satisfying ending to a novel. Is it the happiness of the characters? The realness of the story? What makes a good read?
The readers finish it off by discussing their reading goals for the next two weeks and pull the next topic from the Book Jar.
Want your question featured on our podcast? DM us your question on Insta and we'll add it to the book jar.
Like our podcast? Consider leaving us a review so more people can find us!