I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Iain Reid is like the boy version of Gillian Flynn for me. This book legitimately had me curled up under my blankets while wide eyeing every page. The end reveal was perfect for me because I re-read certain passages and pages to see how it all lined up and how I missed it.


Really, really random update now that the movie is out:

The movie came out so my partner and I watched it. When we watched it we had an apartment ghost and we called her Marcy (we've since moved and miss her terribly), and Marcy loved messing with technology. That was her thing.

There's a scene when she's meeting the parents and they go back and forth saying “what?” due to being hard of hearing, etc. So they just start repeating themselves and speaking louder/deeper, you get the idea. Marcy blocked out the sound, like completely muted our TV on and off so when his Mom was saying “what???” her replies ended up silent. It was so masterful and well timed, we honestly thought that's how they had made the movie. Nope, that was just Marcy doing us a solid.

It made the movie that much better, so the book and the movie both have a special place in my heart.