2020-05-17 5:50:11 ¶ ●

Can I just say. I feel like no one’s really satisfied with the ending of TCOMC, but everyone has different things they’d want to change/fix. So I figured I’d post the thing I’d change about the ending and see if anyone agrees/other people’s opinions of it. So here it goes-

I really wish there was something at the end alluding to someone else- some side character or someone we weren’t really paying attention to- who was hurt by Edmond’s actions rising up and planning on taking revenge on him.

Since the whole ending of the book is like “hey kids, revenge isn’t always as great as it may seem! Don’t do revenge!”, wouldn’t an excellent way to prove that point be to show that revenge is a cycle that can repeat with no end?

Let’s say there was another chapter at the end of the book that was only a few paragraphs long, but in that chapter it was revealed that Edouard actually survived the poison and was conscious when Edmond came and revealed himself to his father? What if Edouard vowed to take revenge on the man who destroyed his family- the man who drove his father to insanity and his mother to suicide. The man who was responsible for the (supposed) death of his step-sister. What if, while Edmond is happily living with Haydee and visiting Maximillian and Valentine on the weekends, Edouard is preparing his revenge?

I don’t know about you, but I think that would be a pretty cool ending.