Reid, I: I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“Reality happens only once.” (Quotation page 48) Content: Two people in a car, driving on a cold winter day somewhere in the rural country. Jake and his girlfriend are going to visit his parents who live on a lonely farm. The girl is thinking about the future, but mostly about ending things. They could stay overnight but the girl wants to dive home, although it is late, snowing and freezing. Theme and genre: This is a gripping, dense, psychological thriller with many unforeseeable twists and chapters that seem not to fit into the story. A simple road trip that ends different from anything the reader would expect. Characters: The girl, we do not even know her name, is thinking about ending things, maybe after having met his parents. She is scared by many calls and voice messages from a stranger, telling her “there is only one question”. Jack is intelligent and the girl seems somehow attracted to him. Plot and writing: It seems a simple car ride, written in the first person as told only by the girl and her thoughts. Interrupted by pieces of a written conversation that gives some frightening hints. A special twisted story, chilling and very entertaining the same time. Conclusion: Words are missing to explain this gripping psychological thriller, the genius of the author, without giving too many hints. I would recommend just reading it and enjoying.

Until the very end and actually even after you cannot really comprehend the abomation of this story, because the horror is subliminal and skillfully written between the lines... For all fans of the film "Get Out". Also since 2020 on Netflix!

Ein kurzweiliger Thriller, der es allerdings in sich hat. Seite für Seite baut sich eine unheimliche Spannung auf und bis zum Schluss hatte ich keine Ahnung, was mich erwarten würde. Dieses Buch schreit nur danach, in einem Rutsch gelesen zu werden und lässt einen anschließend atemlos zurück. Toll konstruiert, mit verstörenden Szenen, die einen eiskalt erwischen und die Geschichte aber noch so viel spannender machen. Einfach genial!

A roadtrip to meet her boyfriends parents ends in a disaster. Over the whole book, which is very short, we get an uneasy feeling something is not right. It doesn´t need jumpscares or mosnters to scare the reader. I didn´t knew what was coming and the ending blew me away.