A cliffhanger ending is one of the most divisive literary devices, with a good one leaving readers angered and confused, and a bad one ensuring that the book you’ve just read will stay with you long after you’ve finished. These are some of the books that get it right. And it goes without saying, all of these descriptions are liable to contain spoilers.
Winter’s Bome by Daniel Woodrell
The adaptation became the film that would launch Jennifer Lawrence’s career with a mesmerizing and complicated breakout lead performance. But the book itself is also the work of a master of their art, at the peak of their powers. This is a gripping rural noir, that thanks to its compelling world building leaves you with an ending that resolves the central plot in heart-breaking fashion, but leaves you with no hints as to what will become of these characters next.
The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto
Written in Yoshimoto’s characteristic and haunting narrative style, this is a book that trades in mystery and psychological complexity from the beginning, featuring a young artist, haunted and lost after the death of her mother, and a slow burn of a love story with a man that is hiding a dark past. The final reveal of which only comes in the last few pages, leaving so much unsaid and unknown.
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