--- product_id: 40355857 title: "I'm Thinking of Ending Things: A Novel" price: "£14.44" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/40355857-im-thinking-of-ending-things-a-novel store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # I'm Thinking of Ending Things: A Novel **Price:** £14.44 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** I'm Thinking of Ending Things: A Novel - **How much does it cost?** £14.44 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/40355857-im-thinking-of-ending-things-a-novel) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM DIRECTED BY CHARLIE KAUFMAN AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 “ I’m Thinking of Ending Things 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 Mysterious Skin and We Disappear ) . I’m thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It’s always there. Always. Jake 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.” And here’s what I’m thinking: I don’t want to be here. In this “dark and compelling…unputdownable” ( Booklist , 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 Under the Skin , and Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk about Kevin , I’m Thinking of Ending Things 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” ( Library Journal , starred review). Review: Things were ENDED! - I LOVED this book! I ENJOYED it very MUCH! I have a stack of TBR books on my desk. I've started more than one. This one gripped me so much that not only did I forget the other books, but I actually FINISHED this one in TWO sittings! It starts off normal, but the idea that the woman is "thinking of ending things" stays in your mind. As other reviewers said, you get this sense that something is off. That something strange is going on in the periphery. She seems to be getting along with her boyfriend quite well. She likes several things about him, is even attracted to him. So why does she really want to end things? It's certainly strange, but NOT off-putting, at all! People are strange! That's just a fact of life! I wanted to tell you what movies this story reminds me of, but I thought better of it. I would be giving too much away, and I really want you to enjoy this book. It was certainly my type of story! A scary psychological thriller! It has THE PERFECT ending! And you'll never guess what the ending will be! And what it is, that ends! As the story progressed and things started to unravel and become clear, I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up on "end." Which is, after all, what a GOOD book is supposed to do! It's supposed to suffuse you with emotions! It's suppose to catalyse a response, a reaction, within you! This was a quick and HIGHLY enjoyable read! It stayed with me for a few days after finishing it! It left an indelible imprint in my psyche! I LOVED IT! Now I want to find another book just like it! I HIGHLY recommend this book! No reservations! Review: An intriguing little thriller - I bought this book because I was told it would be scary. The back of the book promises: "You will be scared. But you won't know why." Well, I wasn't. This isn't really a horror story so much as it is a psychological thriller. But overall, I did enjoy it, though not consistently the whole way through. The story's a little slow to get started, focusing intently on a conversation between two characters as they drive to a farmhouse for dinner. This conversation covers a lot of philosophical ground, ranging from the genuinely interesting to the "pretentious undergraduate," but always seems to fit within the established framework between the characters. The reader eventually begins to wonder why we're reading these thoughts, though, and where this thing is going. Just as those feelings begin to percolate, the novel takes a turn to the strange. Not a large turn and not even a sudden one, but a slight and gradual shift in which the reader begins to detect that things feel "off" for some inarticulable reason. It's in that ground that the novel spends the majority of its time. The armchair philosophizing never quite goes away, but it does yield some ground to this growing sense of something "just not quite right" about the events being depicted. This place--if not quite the uncanny valley, then at least within the same neighborhood--is fertile ground for a novelist, and Reid exploits it well. I've always had a certain affinity for a book that keeps me reading if for no other reason than to figure out just what in the world is actually happening. Of course, that's not the only reason to keep reading. The characters might not be as fleshed out as they could be in a longer novel, but they do exhibit the fundamental humanity that keeps readers attached to their story. The writing is tight and overall of high quality (though I take issue with the author's liberal use of shifting tenses throughout the book, even if I do understand his purpose in doing so). And, as I've already mentioned, the brief philosophical interludes, though occasionally an annoying distraction from the story proper, more frequently provide a brief pause in the story for the reader to reflect on some interesting ideas. A novel that spends so much of its energy making the reader detect a nearly imperceptible "offness" has to rely on the force of its ending to justify the rest of the story. In this case, the author manages to pull it off, but only just. I did not predict the ending very far in advance, though I did have a feeling early on of the "kind" of ending it was likely to be (and that feeling proved correct in general terms, though the details eluded me). Was it a satisfying ending? Partly. Without spoilers, I will say that it did bring the story to a satisfactory conclusion, but I'll also say that I didn't find the "punch" of the ending nearly as interesting as the "weirdness" of the preceding pages. I can somewhat forgive that, though. The ending is probably the hardest part of a story, and that goes doubly for a story like this. Will this book become enshrined as one of my favorites? No. But it's a good quick read, likely to keep you interested until you finish in just a sitting or two, and worth a few hours of your time and a few dollars of your money. Despite a few flaws, I do recommend it. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #12,994 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #527 in Literary Fiction (Books) #529 in Psychological Thrillers (Books) #670 in Suspense Thrillers | | Customer Reviews | 3.8 out of 5 stars 13,085 Reviews | ## Images ![I'm Thinking of Ending Things: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81PgZa7UejL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Things were ENDED! *by O***E on April 12, 2026* I LOVED this book! I ENJOYED it very MUCH! I have a stack of TBR books on my desk. I've started more than one. This one gripped me so much that not only did I forget the other books, but I actually FINISHED this one in TWO sittings! It starts off normal, but the idea that the woman is "thinking of ending things" stays in your mind. As other reviewers said, you get this sense that something is off. That something strange is going on in the periphery. She seems to be getting along with her boyfriend quite well. She likes several things about him, is even attracted to him. So why does she really want to end things? It's certainly strange, but NOT off-putting, at all! People are strange! That's just a fact of life! I wanted to tell you what movies this story reminds me of, but I thought better of it. I would be giving too much away, and I really want you to enjoy this book. It was certainly my type of story! A scary psychological thriller! It has THE PERFECT ending! And you'll never guess what the ending will be! And what it is, that ends! As the story progressed and things started to unravel and become clear, I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up on "end." Which is, after all, what a GOOD book is supposed to do! It's supposed to suffuse you with emotions! It's suppose to catalyse a response, a reaction, within you! This was a quick and HIGHLY enjoyable read! It stayed with me for a few days after finishing it! It left an indelible imprint in my psyche! I LOVED IT! Now I want to find another book just like it! I HIGHLY recommend this book! No reservations! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An intriguing little thriller *by B***S on June 11, 2020* I bought this book because I was told it would be scary. The back of the book promises: "You will be scared. But you won't know why." Well, I wasn't. This isn't really a horror story so much as it is a psychological thriller. But overall, I did enjoy it, though not consistently the whole way through. The story's a little slow to get started, focusing intently on a conversation between two characters as they drive to a farmhouse for dinner. This conversation covers a lot of philosophical ground, ranging from the genuinely interesting to the "pretentious undergraduate," but always seems to fit within the established framework between the characters. The reader eventually begins to wonder why we're reading these thoughts, though, and where this thing is going. Just as those feelings begin to percolate, the novel takes a turn to the strange. Not a large turn and not even a sudden one, but a slight and gradual shift in which the reader begins to detect that things feel "off" for some inarticulable reason. It's in that ground that the novel spends the majority of its time. The armchair philosophizing never quite goes away, but it does yield some ground to this growing sense of something "just not quite right" about the events being depicted. This place--if not quite the uncanny valley, then at least within the same neighborhood--is fertile ground for a novelist, and Reid exploits it well. I've always had a certain affinity for a book that keeps me reading if for no other reason than to figure out just what in the world is actually happening. Of course, that's not the only reason to keep reading. The characters might not be as fleshed out as they could be in a longer novel, but they do exhibit the fundamental humanity that keeps readers attached to their story. The writing is tight and overall of high quality (though I take issue with the author's liberal use of shifting tenses throughout the book, even if I do understand his purpose in doing so). And, as I've already mentioned, the brief philosophical interludes, though occasionally an annoying distraction from the story proper, more frequently provide a brief pause in the story for the reader to reflect on some interesting ideas. A novel that spends so much of its energy making the reader detect a nearly imperceptible "offness" has to rely on the force of its ending to justify the rest of the story. In this case, the author manages to pull it off, but only just. I did not predict the ending very far in advance, though I did have a feeling early on of the "kind" of ending it was likely to be (and that feeling proved correct in general terms, though the details eluded me). Was it a satisfying ending? Partly. Without spoilers, I will say that it did bring the story to a satisfactory conclusion, but I'll also say that I didn't find the "punch" of the ending nearly as interesting as the "weirdness" of the preceding pages. I can somewhat forgive that, though. The ending is probably the hardest part of a story, and that goes doubly for a story like this. Will this book become enshrined as one of my favorites? No. But it's a good quick read, likely to keep you interested until you finish in just a sitting or two, and worth a few hours of your time and a few dollars of your money. Despite a few flaws, I do recommend it. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Weirdest book I’ve ever read *by K***T on March 16, 2024* I recently ventured into what might be the oddest reading experience I’ve ever had with “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” by Iain Reid. Initially intrigued by its adaptation into a Netflix movie, I dove into the book expecting one thing and ended up with something entirely different. At first glance, the title (and the beginning of the story itself) suggests a straightforward narrative about ending a relationship, and for a significant portion of the book, that’s the journey we’re on. The protagonist’s contemplation about her relationship and the ensuing road trip with her boyfriend kept me hooked. Reid’s writing style, tinged with sarcasm and a unique tone, made the read enjoyable and engaging—until it wasn’t. As the story progressed, “weird” took on a whole new meaning. The narrative took such a bizarre turn that I found myself questioning the reality Reid had constructed, leading to a jarring disconnect from the initial intrigue. This twist, while perhaps intended to shock and awe, left me more horrified than impressed. After finishing the book on a Friday night, curiosity led me to the movie adaptation the following day. If I thought the book was strange, the film amplified that tenfold, adding additional layers of visual weirdness. It pains me to give this book three stars because there’s a part of me that genuinely enjoyed the ride for a good 80% of it. However, it just got too weird for me. If you end up reading “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” just be prepared for a conclusion that might not sit well with everyone. As for me, while I appreciated the journey for the most part, I couldn’t fully embrace the destination…hence the three-star rating. ## Frequently Bought Together - I'm Thinking of Ending Things: A Novel - Tender Is the Flesh - House of Leaves: The Remastered Full-Color Edition --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/40355857-im-thinking-of-ending-things-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/40355857-im-thinking-of-ending-things-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-30*