The End of Everything

Megan Abbott never gives you the ending you want but she somehow gives you the ending you didn’t know you needed. This book, like both other books I’ve read of hers, is difficult and challenging but still riveting. This book intrigued and repulsed me in equal measure. While the dialog is mostly unrealistic, it works to transport you to the world of the book, which is both dreamy and rooted in reality. It somehow feels both pulpy and absolutely, bone-shakingly real. After reading this I feel gross and light and 13 and too adult and like everything is just too much and it’s awful. I love it.