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rbenkert's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
shylaja_vijendren's review against another edition
5.0
*If you're looking for mind fuckery and and self reflection on life this ones for you*
this an attempt to make my mind cohesive and this is just me rambling.
first of all WTF??
second of all..... felt like a personal slap or punch...…..now my nose is bleeding.
This book made uncomfortable from the start and hella suspicious cause who in the right mind would have talked about aging and death and dark matter to a two week old girlfriend??
When I said it felt like a personal slap I said it cause I have a lot of problems with day dreaming and creating scenarios where I would incorporate things that I see, people who I have crush on and my aspirations which change constantly... and sometimes I don't take work pressures/ environment well and end up fleeing from the that place which caused me anxiety...much like Jake when he left the lab job cause of the environment.
at first the story was suspicious but at the end it made me feel sad, and felt a heartache which I completely resonate with, and that I completed it at the night didn't help in my sleep.
this story depicts living in solitude can be dangerous. its hauntingly true. sometimes I fear this could happen to me and I pray to god it never does...
I read as a book with words and not as a audio book so the words in the book made me insanely uncomfortable, at times I didn't want to continue but want to continue does that make any sense ?
mad props Mr. Reid.
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PS: the daydreaming and fiction scenarios often I imagine are me as a second character people I'm with describe me....shit Mr. Reid you read my mind ??
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this an attempt to make my mind cohesive and this is just me rambling.
first of all WTF??
second of all..... felt like a personal slap or punch...…..now my nose is bleeding.
This book made uncomfortable from the start and hella suspicious cause who in the right mind would have talked about aging and death and dark matter to a two week old girlfriend??
When I said it felt like a personal slap I said it cause I have a lot of problems with day dreaming and creating scenarios where I would incorporate things that I see, people who I have crush on and my aspirations which change constantly... and sometimes I don't take work pressures/ environment well and end up fleeing from the that place which caused me anxiety...much like Jake when he left the lab job cause of the environment.
at first the story was suspicious but at the end it made me feel sad, and felt a heartache which I completely resonate with, and that I completed it at the night didn't help in my sleep.
this story depicts living in solitude can be dangerous. its hauntingly true. sometimes I fear this could happen to me and I pray to god it never does...
I read as a book with words and not as a audio book so the words in the book made me insanely uncomfortable, at times I didn't want to continue but want to continue does that make any sense ?
mad props Mr. Reid.
.
.
PS: the daydreaming and fiction scenarios often I imagine are me as a second character people I'm with describe me....shit Mr. Reid you read my mind ??
kateships's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
3.75
I think I enjoyed this. Honestly I don’t know how to feel about it. Like, it pulled me in and I loved how the whole time you were trying to figure out how it all ties together, there was an overarching sense of eeriness that you couldn’t totally place, but also it’s a mindfuck. The end got confusing but then you finish it and realize the big picture and it all makes sense.
I do not regret the hours spent on this one but it’s not what I expected somehow.
I do not regret the hours spent on this one but it’s not what I expected somehow.
madisenmc's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
readwithtre's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
readingwithlouise's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
dmsnnrx's review against another edition
2.0
i’ll think abt it a bit more bc I think that I understand the ending but I feel that I should be more surprised by it, so it feels that I didn’t get it completely so I’ll take sometime to think
jourdanicus's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
This book should have stayed an idea
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty
fictionaddictions_amanda's review against another edition
1.0
I got my hands on an ARC of this book.
This book is terrible. It is not well-written, it is confusing, and the ending feels like a corny horror movie.
This book is terrible. It is not well-written, it is confusing, and the ending feels like a corny horror movie.
madmooney's review against another edition
2.0
*spoiler free review*
Storytime: This was long since recommended to me as a must must read by someone in my past - she was obsessed with the book. I wish I had read it then, as it would have been the needed red flag to avoid a lot of anguish.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things handles a number of interesting fictional tropes, but it was hardly the 1st that had used them (and they did not do anything revolutionary with them).
I found myself very frustrated with the external dialogue between the two main characters, but will acknowledge the internal monologuing/reflection did capture stream of consciousness thinking well.
People are going to be saying a lot about the ending - which I did not find very twisty or shocking. I felt that the book club questions that followed the completion of the book was trying to make the book seem more deep and interesting than it was.
If you are going to read it, it is definetly a book that can be knocked out in a single reading - perhaps on a longer car ride? ;)
Storytime: This was long since recommended to me as a must must read by someone in my past - she was obsessed with the book. I wish I had read it then, as it would have been the needed red flag to avoid a lot of anguish.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things handles a number of interesting fictional tropes, but it was hardly the 1st that had used them (and they did not do anything revolutionary with them).
I found myself very frustrated with the external dialogue between the two main characters, but will acknowledge the internal monologuing/reflection did capture stream of consciousness thinking well.
People are going to be saying a lot about the ending - which I did not find very twisty or shocking. I felt that the book club questions that followed the completion of the book was trying to make the book seem more deep and interesting than it was.
If you are going to read it, it is definetly a book that can be knocked out in a single reading - perhaps on a longer car ride? ;)