The ending, calmly reassuring as it is, may not satisfy young readers still confused by the author's oblique method of referring to grandmother Lily's death and Jack's move into his mother's house.

Booklist gave a mostly positive review for The Monster, writing that "[w]hile the resolution is a little too easy (and not easily explainable), it will satisfy most readers."

But it isn't likely to satisfy readers who aren't already devotees of Mr. Drury's work.

As for the core mystery, its resolution is bizarre enough to satisfy readers who survive the longueurs of the journey.

There is a twist ending to the novel which may or may not satisfy readers who long for poetic justice or a typically "Hollywood ending".

None of the above is likely to satisfy one-issue readers, I realize.

The scepticism needs dealing with not only to satisfy scientific readers, but because the theory of determinism in this book has its most important empirical support in science.

Kirkus Reviews stated that the book will satisfy readers disappointed by the quick resolution of Operation Desert Storm.

But that did not satisfy readers accustomed to checking their stock prices in the morning papers.

So, every day we grapple with how best to play stories and satisfy readers with broad tastes and interests.