I´m Thinking of Ending Things
By Iain Reid
4 stars
I have heard great things about this book, people say this novel is dark, twisted and filled with twists and turns you never see coming so I knew I had to give it a shot. I found the audiobook and I do believe this is the best way to consume this story. I´m thinking of ending things is a psychological thriller that will leave you at the edge of your seat. In this deeply suspenseful and irresistibly unnerving debut novel, a man and his girlfriend are on their way to a secluded farm. When the two take an unexpected detour, she is left stranded in a deserted high school, wondering if there is any escape at all. When I started reading this book I had no idea what I was in for and I didn’t want to read what this book was about before I started reading it so I went into it completely blind. This book was good, even though it didn’t become one of my favorite books of the year I still very much enjoyed my reading experience. This book is not your conventional type of horror novel, it’s weird and dark and the best way to describe it is that you will have a strange feeling of dread throughout the whole novel. I was never truly scared while reading this book however I felt uneasy through most of it. The writing style was simple but effective, you get a clear picture of what is happening and it is easy to understand. I like the writing style of the author and it really helped me connect with the story emotionally. But my only problem here would be the pacing, the book starts slow, like really slow, you get a lot of details regarding the characters and the author overly describes the existential conversations between the man and the girlfriend and then when you get to the end where things start to get good it was over in an instant. This book is small which I appreciate, I just would have like the ending to be a bit more developed. The characters are what make this story great. Throughout the book we follow the girlfriends perspective, which I think was a great choice by the author. I was able to really connect with her and it was chilling to be inside her mind while she was thinking of ending things. The secondary characters are great as well, and although you don’t get as much details about them as the girlfriend, they are still perfectly portrayed in other to make the book much more thrilling and creepy. Overall I´m Thinking of Ending Things was a good psychological thriller that definitely kept me on my toes. Although this book did not become one of my best reads of 2022 I still very much enjoyed it and I can’t wait to see what else this author has to offer because this was an excellent debut.
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