Im Thinking Of Ending Things

Hardcover, 275 pages

Published Oct. 19, 2016 by Thorndike Press Large Print.

ISBN:
978-1-4104-9414-6
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3 stars (2 reviews)

You will be scared. But you won t know why In this deeply suspenseful and irresistibly unnerving debut novel, a man and his girlfriend are on their way to a secluded farm. What follows is a twisted unraveling and an unforgettable ending that will haunt you long after the last page is turned. Jake and a woman known only as The Girlfriend are taking a long drive to meet his parents at their secluded farm. But when Jake takes a sudden detour, leaving The Girlfriend stranded at a deserted high school, the story transforms into a twisted combination of the darkest unease, psychological frailty, and a look into the limitations of solitude. With remarkable, masterful skill, Iain Reid builds a plot that steadily crescendos into a harrowing ending one that will have you at the edge of your seats and one that you will never see coming. Reminiscent of Jose …

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So weirdly, I thought the title referenced a wish to kill themselves and didn't realize until pg 33 that it was referencing a break-up, and so I had to start the book all over again. except I was right the first time. jeez

this author wrote tension WELL. the level of unease, and even physical nausea, that I felt hasn't been matched since Blindness by Jose Saramago (there was even his style of halting the story to mediate on philosophical issues). Unrolling like a movie, the plot starts midway thru a roadtrip to meet the parents' of a boyfriend who live deep in the country, where there's no one else nearby. Things turn weird as soon as they arrive but there's no way to escape; no people to plead with. Things get progressively worse as you scream at the narrator to NOT LEAVE THE CAR! but you're trapped in the …

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