![]() ![]() Maybe I should have known how it was going to end for us. 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, this novel “packs a big psychological punch with a twisty story line and an ending that will leave readers breathless” ( Library Journal, starred review). 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, I’m Thinking of Ending Things is an edgy, haunting debut. In this “dark and compelling…unputdownable” ( Booklist, starred review) literary thriller, debut novelist 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. Iain Reid has crafted a tight, ferocious little book, with a persistent tenor of suspense that tightens and mounts toward its visionary, harrowing final pages” (Scott Heim, award-winning author of Mysterious Skin and We Disappear). “ I’m Thinking of Ending Things is one of the best debut novels I’ve ever read. NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM DIRECTED BY CHARLIE KAUFMAN ![]()
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