(I'm totally trying to not spoil anything here.)Īfter the trip Jake and girlfriend head out home.īecause we have to set the mood and all that jazz. Once we get to the farm.we get to meet the parents. Except for the fact that we are on our way to the whole meet the parents thing. Jake is perfect and smart and all that stuff but it's time to just move on. The point of view is from the girlfriend and inside her head we find out that she is thinking of 'ending things' with Jake. Jake and his girlfriend are on a road trip to go and see Jake's parents at their rural farm. Tense, gripping, and atmospheric, I’m Thinking of Ending Things pulls you in from the very first page…and never lets you go. 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, “your dread and unease will mount with every passing page” ( Entertainment Weekly) of this edgy, haunting debut. In this smart and intense literary suspense novel, Iain Reid explores the depths of the human psyche, questioning consciousness, free will, the value of relationships, fear, and the limitations of solitude. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can’t fake a thought.”Īnd here’s what I’m thinking: I don’t want to be here. Jake once said, “Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. Now a Netflix original movie, this deeply scary and intensely unnerving novel follows a couple in the midst of a twisted unraveling of the darkest unease.
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