u003cbu003eu003cbu003eNOWu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e A NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM DIRECTED BY CHARLIE KAUFMANu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e“u003ciu003eI’m Thinking of Ending Thingsu003c/iu003e is one of the best debut novels I’ve ever read. 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 u003ciu003eMysterious Skinu003c/iu003e and u003ciu003eWe Disappearu003c/iu003e)u003ciu003e.u003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ciu003eI’m thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It’s always there. Always.u003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003ciu003eJake once said, “Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can’t fake a thought.”u003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003ciu003eAnd here’s what I’m thinking: I don’t want to be here.u003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eIn this “dark and compelling…unputdownable” (u003ciu003eBooklistu003c/iu003e, 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. Reminiscent of Jose Saramago’s early work, Michel Faber’s cult classic u003ciu003eUnder the Skinu003c/iu003e, and Lionel Shriver’s u003ciu003eWe Need to Talk about Kevinu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eI’m Thinking of Ending Thingsu003c/iu003e is an edgy, haunting debut. Tense, gripping, and atmospheric, this novel “packs a big psychological punch with a twisty story line and an ending that will leave readers breathless” (u003ciu003eLibrary Journalu003c/iu003e, starred review).
