![]() Based on her reaction, I knew I wanted to pick it up. I first learned of I'm Thinking of Ending Things when Kayla, from Books and Lala, mentioned it on her YouTube channel. I will be reading exclusively in daylight from now on. I read the first 20 pages of this last night before i went to sleep and got so scared i had to switch to a romance novel. Review to come / at least 4.5 but who are we kidding My skin is crawling and i want to scream and i think this might be a 5 star read. So this book, a horror-ish novel intensely driven by its narrator's mind that would, if written by a lesser author, be little more than a vessel for its twist, may seem an unlikely choice for that lot.īottom line: I can't think about this book too hard without wanting to read it againagainagain. In short: beautifully written and unique books that mostly take place inside brains, with traces of magic and humor and love. This is a coveted title typically given to the works of Sally Rooney, or dark volumes of adult fantasy, or quirky young adult magical realism. In my head, and to the most trusted people in my life, there is an upper echelon of books I refer to as "the books of my heart." Of the 1,246 books I have marked as read on Goodreads, only 89 are true five stars, and the books of my heart (I really can't believe how corny of a name that is, like how did that come from me, a rock person with Christmas-reject coal for a heart) are a careful selection of even that. The last time I had to have a serious and feelings-based conversation I did everything to prepare for a hermit-esque lifestyle of solitude in the mountains somewhere short of buying a plane ticket (ultimately I recalled that I don't much care for nature).īut all of that changes when I really, truly love a book. She reads way smarter books than I do and she loved this one. Now I've been trolled told before that I read books wrong when I one star their stupid asses them.so I really may have just tackled this one that is completely over my head. ![]() (I totally wish I could say JUST how bad without spoiling the book.)īooksource: Netgalley in exchange for review. If I had a physical copy I would possibly punch it. ![]() It's not like I can't handle weird stuff.īut damn.that still has me mad enough and frustrated enough that this book is getting the big old one star. A whole bunch of people are really liking this book. I read it again this morning before writing the review. I read it twice the other night when I finished this book. When he has to work the next day.Īt the Dairy Queen there are some female teenage weirdos.including one that should have made girlie jump out of that car and run. Jake decides that he just must have some Dairy Queen. (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. ![]()
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