![]() I’ve seen more of them on this drive than I’ve seen in years. You don’t think she’ll mind, though, right? That I’m coming? I don’t think it’ll be a typical spread tonight. I should be excited, looking forward to the first of many. It’s our first trip together, our first long drive, so it’s weird that I’m feeling nostalgic-about our relationship, about him, about us. He hasn’t been my boyfriend for very long. ![]() I’m visiting Jake’s parents for the first time. Last chance we’ll have before it becomes really farmy. So much to see but not many people, not many buildings or houses. Maybe the end was written right from the beginning. Maybe I should have known how it was going to end for us. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can’t fake a thought. ![]() Jake once said, Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. Maybe this is how it was always going to end. When did it start? What if this thought wasn’t conceived by me but planted in my mind, predeveloped? Is an unspoken idea unoriginal? Maybe I’ve actually known all along. I haven’t been thinking about it for long. ![]() 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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