Fall 2022 review of I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Date-9.18.22-9.21.22

 I'm Thinking of Ending things

Written by Iain Reid

About from Goodreads.com

Now a Netflix original movie, this deeply scary and intensely unnerving novel follows a couple in the midst of a twisted unraveling of the darkest unease. You will be scared. But you won’t know why…

I’m thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It’s always there. Always.

Jake once said, “Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can’t fake a thought.”

And here’s what I’m thinking: I don’t want to be here.

In this smart and intense literary suspense novel, Iain Reid explores the depths of the human psyche, questioning consciousness, free will, the value of relationships, fear, and the limitations of solitude. Reminiscent of Jose Saramago’s early work, Michel Faber’s cult classic Under the Skin, and Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk about Kevin, “your dread and unease will mount with every passing page” (Entertainment Weekly) of this edgy, haunting debut. Tense, gripping, and atmospheric, I’m Thinking of Ending Things pulls you in from the very first page…and never lets you go.

Enjoyed

• Sent chill down my spine 

• Detection of mental health

• Made me yell at the characters for being stupid (one of my favorite things to do when it comes to horror)

Disliked

• The interlude parts were confusing at first but, at the end they make sense.

Quotes I love

• “I actually want to be older. I’m happy to age, seriously.” - unnamed main character 

• These tailless lambs are dead, extremely dead, ten-out-of-ten dead.

• Did I really need confirmation to end things?

4/5 ⭐️

Info

Trigger warning-  Graphic Self-Harm, Suicide, Nightmares, Stalking

Spice level-  / 5 🌶

Other books in the Series-NA

Publish date-June 2016

Awards-Shirley Jackson Award Nominee for Novel (2016),Barry Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2017)

Genres- Horror, Psychological Thriller, Mystery