Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast· Staffel 2· Folge 58

Books We LOVED… Until the Ending RUINED Everything 😭📚 [EP#58]

Freitag, 21. August 2026 · 1 h 06

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You know when a book is PERFECT... right up until the very end? Let's chat about some books that just had very unsatisfactory endings :(

Books Discussed:
The River She Became - Emily Varga
This Story Might Save Your Life - Tiffany Crum
Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt - Ben Reeves
Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar
The Midnight Train - Matt Haig
The Odyssey - Homer
Nymph - Sofia Montrone
Circe - Madeline Miller
Fruit Fly - Josh Silver
A Darker Shore: Letters from Ketterdam - Leigh Bardugo
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
There Is No Antimemetics Division - QNTM
Into the Blue - Emma Brodie
The Burning Side - Sarah Damoff
The Burning God - RF Kuang
Metal Slinger - Rachel Schneider
Flawless - Elsie Silver
Wild Love - Elsie Silver
This Book Made Me Think of You - Libby Page
The Naturals - Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
Tropesick - Lauren Okie
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

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() intro & current reads
() the odyssey debrief
() ebooks are EXPENSIVE rant
() the mystery of the six of crows novella
() the binocular set story update
() let's get into it!
() there is no antimemetics division
() into the blue
() metal slinger
() chestnut springs
() this book made me think of you
() fourth wing
() tropesick
() project hail mary

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