The problem with a good novel? You enjoy rereading it, bit you remember the end

[bobbieinok]

So the enjoyment is muted.

With a really great novel, like one by Jane Austin or by Dickens, the writing is so excellent each remembered step of the plot is a pleasure to reread.

[Polly Hennessey]

1. With Dickens, Doyle, Kipling,

Bronte, re-reading is so easy and satisfying.

[MaryMagdaline]

2. Perfect assessment

[Aristus]

3. For me, reading is about the journey, not the destination.

If a book is well-written, reading the story is its own enjoyment. Knowing the end doesn't spoil a truly good story.

I've re-read some books dozens of times...

[DFW]

4. One of my greatest joys I got was from a review of my book that said something similar

"It's a book which I quite literally could not put down. I read it in one sitting, and was very sorry when I reached the end. I would have loved for it to go on for several hundred more pages. I'm glad I bought it as a hard-copy, this is a book I intend to re-read often in coming years."

After THAT review, it almost made me want to get serious as a writer!