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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
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? ;)
juan_jose25's review against another edition
4.0
This book started really slow, and mundane, but it really kept me going due to the fact that there is a mystery coming on each time the character mentions The Caller, and with the interactions between the narrator and Jake start like a normal couple’s conversation, but in between the exchange of words there are some hints that are thrown at every turn, with the idea of her “Ending things” with her boyfriend. It is when you start reading the last pages of every chapter that you start connecting the dots about a substory that is happening and then start creating a theory of what might happen when the story evolves.
The last chapters were a thrill, due to the fact that it is now in full display that the whole story is nothing but an allegory that reflects the machinations of an incredibly brilliant but disturbed mind, which in turn has been spiralling down the path of the idealization of life and death and then the only solution that answers the question What are you waiting for?
The author delves into deep territory with the duality of the phrase I’m thinking of ending things which serves both as the decision that the woman is going to do about her relationship, and ultimately what The Caller is planning to do.
The last chapters were a thrill, due to the fact that it is now in full display that the whole story is nothing but an allegory that reflects the machinations of an incredibly brilliant but disturbed mind, which in turn has been spiralling down the path of the idealization of life and death and then the only solution that answers the question What are you waiting for?
The author delves into deep territory with the duality of the phrase I’m thinking of ending things which serves both as the decision that the woman is going to do about her relationship, and ultimately what The Caller is planning to do.