I'm Thinking of Ending Things

I can't even give this book a rating. It was so bad, everything about it.
None of the characters were likable and I felt like I had to force myself to read this.
I'm shocked by all the 5 star reviews.

Oooof I had high hopes but it just wasn't for me. The ending twist was disappointing to me. I wanted it to be more slasher style I suppose. Oh well.

I don't even- ?????????

I had been looking forward to this book and really wanted to love it, but 70 pages in I had no idea what was happening, I was super confused, and I found I just didn't care enough to keep going. I might return to it in the future, but for now, I just did not have the brainpower to keep going with it.

I love the concept, the writing style. A less fun We Need to Talk About Kevin. But despite the atmospheric wandering, and subtle horrors... it lacks making me care about the narrator, or their big questions, and the atmospheric horror aspects, while good, lack any thrill or climax. While I didn't particularly like this book, I want to read more from this author. They know how to create a mood, I'm hoping in other works the content and characters add to that mood.

I actually enjoyed this quite a bit more than I anticipated.

3 stars low 3 stars... this was pretty Meh.

yea, so i don't like horror-y books...

This author is a fantastic writer and I was completely hooked by this book. About halfway through I started to get vibes that this book was going to either be really fantastic or disappointing depending on the ending. I didn't care for the ending. If you want a different sort of mystery and are curious, pick this one up. It isn't a long book.

Highly recommend the audiobook version for this. That's it, the experience is best if you go in not knowing anything. Watch the Netflix adaptation too if you enjoy the book. Fantastic mindfuck story!

I read the entire book today. Good way to spend a morning/afternoon. I had to come out onto the porch to read it because I was getting creeped out sitting in my house. Overall an enjoyable read, though I figured the twist out early on and the ending will probably piss a lot of people off. Worse ways to spend a day off, though.

I couldn't finished it because I was so disturbed and frustrated but damn... this is so fucking genius of iain reid
this book is made for you to reread after first finishing it and THEN you'll understand this piece of art

VERY generous 2 stars i thought it would pick up but it didnt and the ending was so underwhelming and just fell flat and it wasnt very thrilling

3.5/5

I think I hate this book but I also really like it. I feel sick to my stomach after finishing it though. I loved the scary vibes, it genuinely had me scared at many moments.

This is the saddest book I have ever read, bypassing A Little Life by miles. DO NOT read this book if you are not in a good place mentally because it is SAD. I'm glad I read this when I was doing well and not at a more difficult time of my life, or else I would NOT be okay.

I think it accurately portrays the spirals and thoughts through mental illness and depression, but I think it does romanticize it a bit which is what made me the most sad about this book.

An interesting insight into the mind of a very ill individual but PLEASE read with CAUTION! Do not take this lightly.

One of the few books that literally gave me chills, i felt like i experienced the eerie vibes of the story vividly, everything was shrouded in mystery which made things unputdownable.

.......what

Very odd book. I kind of figured it out at the end. But it wasn't what I expected in the book.

i was gonna come back to this with a review but i don't know.

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I could NOT put this book down. This was such a creepy read. I definitely felt a sense of dread all the way to the end.

This one will stay with me awhile. I saw the end coming, but the way it was narrated made up for its predictability. I feel like I need to eventually reread this to fully absorb everything.

I think I'm gonna follow instructions and read this again, but backwards.

For context, I watched the movie first - didn't understand it. I hoped the book would paint a clearer picture, and it did, but I'm still unsure what to feel about it.

I'm not really sure why I'm putting so much effort into this one. But I want to like it, and I'm giving it ample opportunities to win me over. Hopefully it does, eventually.

I appreciate what it's going for.

What happens when someone takes what if... to a whole new level. And what happens if that someone relies on what if... to answer a morbid question. Nothing good, probably.

Also, is it weird that I liked the stilted conversations?

What a fucking shitty book. I’m not even going to bother writing a review.

That was a very confusing and scary ride! I was really intrigued with all the discussions and thoughts of the characters. And I think I generally got what the book is about. But after watching some YouTube videos (and the Netflix movie) some details became more clearer, too.

I'm not sure what exactly I was feeling while reading/listening, but the book definitely made me feel a lot!

this book is quietly unnerving and sticks with you after finishing, I had to sit with my thoughts after reading.

This was interesting read for me. This was a fast book to read, but there were times while I was reading that I was wondering where are you going with this. Which if it would have been longer, I think a lot of people would’ve gave up on it. There were a few spots in the book where I felt the creepy vibes. As you read it you see the big event coming but you don’t know how it’s coming. Which leads to it being a more satisfying read. I had idea that this was a movie, until after I read it. So now I can’t wait to see how the film brings the story to screen.