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I'm Thinking of Ending Things
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Read the book in almost exactly 3 hours (thanks Libby!)
It went much, much faster than I expected. Especially with how dense the text/topics could be. Maybe it helped that I saw the movie a few years ago? A movie my partner and I actually only watched because my best friend said I “had to� and I “couldn’t look up anything about it first�. Which. By the way. Definitely the best way to watch it, what the hell.
But anyway recently I have been into similar thrillers and saw this mentioned a few times. I never intended to read this (or watch the movie again for that matter) but now it seems I will be doing both. This was so good and engaging!!! The repetition chapter towards the end?! SO Well Done. Probably didn’t hurt that I read this into the night.
I really loved how this unspooled and yeah definitely going to need to sit through that movie again for comparison purposes. I haven’t seen it since around when it came out I think.
I also got this weird intense deja vu around the throwing away cups scene. I don’t know why. Maybe from the movie? I guess? But it felt like I had read it before and I definitely haven’t. Might have been similar to a scene in another book I have read OR I did read a lot of explanation articles after watching the movie so maybe it was quoted in there. Either way only added to the eeriness for me, for sure.
SPOILERS
“He never let me finish my story. I never kissed Doug after our lesson. Jake assumed. He assumed I kissed Doug. But a kiss needs two people who want to kiss, or it's something else.
Here's what really happened. I went back to the car that time. I leaned in the window and opened my hand, revealing the tiny wrinkled candy wrapper, the one Doug gave me. I uncrumpled it and read it:
My heart, my heart alone with its lapping waves of song, longs to touch this green world of the sunny day. Hello!�
"It seems like more people, if not depressed, are unhappy these days. Would you agree?"
"I'm not sure I'd say that. It does seem like there's more opportunity to reflect on sadness and feelings of inadequacy, and also a pressure to be happy all the time. Which is impossible."
“I always thought I would light that candle one day. I never did. The more time passed, the harder it became to light. Whenever I thought an occasion might be special enough to burn the candle, it felt like I was settling. So I would wait for a better occasion. It's still there, unlit, on top of a bookcase. There was never an occasion special enough. How could that be?�
It went much, much faster than I expected. Especially with how dense the text/topics could be. Maybe it helped that I saw the movie a few years ago? A movie my partner and I actually only watched because my best friend said I “had to� and I “couldn’t look up anything about it first�. Which. By the way. Definitely the best way to watch it, what the hell.
But anyway recently I have been into similar thrillers and saw this mentioned a few times. I never intended to read this (or watch the movie again for that matter) but now it seems I will be doing both. This was so good and engaging!!! The repetition chapter towards the end?! SO Well Done. Probably didn’t hurt that I read this into the night.
I really loved how this unspooled and yeah definitely going to need to sit through that movie again for comparison purposes. I haven’t seen it since around when it came out I think.
I also got this weird intense deja vu around the throwing away cups scene. I don’t know why. Maybe from the movie? I guess? But it felt like I had read it before and I definitely haven’t. Might have been similar to a scene in another book I have read OR I did read a lot of explanation articles after watching the movie so maybe it was quoted in there. Either way only added to the eeriness for me, for sure.
SPOILERS
“He never let me finish my story. I never kissed Doug after our lesson. Jake assumed. He assumed I kissed Doug. But a kiss needs two people who want to kiss, or it's something else.
Here's what really happened. I went back to the car that time. I leaned in the window and opened my hand, revealing the tiny wrinkled candy wrapper, the one Doug gave me. I uncrumpled it and read it:
My heart, my heart alone with its lapping waves of song, longs to touch this green world of the sunny day. Hello!�
"It seems like more people, if not depressed, are unhappy these days. Would you agree?"
"I'm not sure I'd say that. It does seem like there's more opportunity to reflect on sadness and feelings of inadequacy, and also a pressure to be happy all the time. Which is impossible."
“I always thought I would light that candle one day. I never did. The more time passed, the harder it became to light. Whenever I thought an occasion might be special enough to burn the candle, it felt like I was settling. So I would wait for a better occasion. It's still there, unlit, on top of a bookcase. There was never an occasion special enough. How could that be?�
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Reading Progress
March 31, 2025
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Started Reading
March 31, 2025
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Finished Reading
April 1, 2025
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