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A review by madmooney
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
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? ;)