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Published Nov. 2, 2017 by Droemer Taschenbuch.
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 …
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 Saramago s early work, Michel Faber s cult classic Under the Skin, and Lionel Shriver s We Need to Talk About Kevin, I m Thinking of Ending Things is an edgy, haunting debut. Tense, gripping, and atmospheric, this novel will pull you in from the very first page and will never let you go.
i wish i had read this before seeing the movie. i do prefer the book and the way the story is handled, it builds up suspense very well and the ending really felt intense. i would definitely recommend this book, however, I don't think this is exactly horror...
I saw the trailer for the Netflix movie on YouTube this afternoon. I love me a Kaufman movie, and I always wished I had read Eternal Sunshine before watching the movie. So I torrented the epub and read it in three fitful hours. I'm gutted. I haven't felt this haunted by a book since House of Leaves. There's someone standing in the corner watching me. He's always been there.
The book was slow in parts due to philosophical meanderings, but created a solidly unsettling vibe that I liked. The ending was hollow and unsatisfying.
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this book had me sold for 218 pages and then I couldn't roll my eyes hard enough at the ending.
