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J'ai compris la fin dont tu as peur en lisant le livre.

J'ai compris la fin dont tu as peur en lisant le livre.
I understood the ending you are afraid of by reading the book.
From Lesson 165:Relative pronouns with 'de' verbs (dont)·French

Questions & Answers about J'ai compris la fin dont tu as peur en lisant le livre.

Why do we use dont here instead of que to say "that you are afraid of"?
In French, the expression for being afraid is avoir peur de (to have fear of). Because the verb phrase requires the preposition de, we must use the relative pronoun dont instead of que to link it back to la fin (the ending). You can think of dont as meaning "of which".
Where did the "of" go? Why is there no de after peur?
The word dont already includes the meaning of de! If you added de after peur, you would be repeating yourself. The underlying structure shifts from tu as peur de la fin (you are afraid of the ending) to la fin dont tu as peur (the ending of which you are afraid).
What grammar form is en lisant?
This is the gerund (or le gérondif). It is formed by combining the word en with the -ant form of a verb. Here, en lisant translates to "by reading". It acts as an adverb to tell us exactly how you managed to understand the ending.
Why does the sentence use tu as peur instead of a form of the verb être (to be)?
French uses the verb avoir (to have) for many feelings and states of being where English uses "to be". You literally say "you have fear" (tu as peur). This is just like saying avoir faim (to be hungry) or avoir soif (to be thirsty).

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