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A review by elissapoletti
This Is How We End Things by R.J. Jacobs
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This Is How We End Things ~ R.J. Jacobs
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Well it was an absolute pleasure to read this arc from @netgalley!
R.J. Jacobs has written a page turning psychological thriller set in a snowy university campus and following a group of psychology grad students and their professor who are running experiments on the science of deception. When one of them is found murdered in their department, the only suspects are the grad students themselves, who all hold secrets of their own and their expertise in lying makes a hard task for Detective Larson who finds herself second guessing all she knows about finding the truth.
This snowy setting and the female lead cop was giving me Fargo vibes which I loved and as I really hadn’t read a hooking dark academia thriller since The Silent Patient and The Maiden’s, I enjoyed this so much. It is very fast paced and written from a few different point of views which adds to the who done it mystery. I loved theorising as to who the murderer might be and kept jumping around to different people.
I’d love to reread this once the final edits are done and the book is published, such an entertaining mystery!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Well it was an absolute pleasure to read this arc from @netgalley!
R.J. Jacobs has written a page turning psychological thriller set in a snowy university campus and following a group of psychology grad students and their professor who are running experiments on the science of deception. When one of them is found murdered in their department, the only suspects are the grad students themselves, who all hold secrets of their own and their expertise in lying makes a hard task for Detective Larson who finds herself second guessing all she knows about finding the truth.
This snowy setting and the female lead cop was giving me Fargo vibes which I loved and as I really hadn’t read a hooking dark academia thriller since The Silent Patient and The Maiden’s, I enjoyed this so much. It is very fast paced and written from a few different point of views which adds to the who done it mystery. I loved theorising as to who the murderer might be and kept jumping around to different people.
I’d love to reread this once the final edits are done and the book is published, such an entertaining mystery!