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The End of Everything by Megan Abbott

4 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I read this over quite a while because we were on vacation, so it was in little pieces, but it felt like a super long 8-hour book. There was a whole lot of internal discussion with Lizzie, which is partly appropriate for the age, but it still felt like a little much. And then I didn't love that we
never get a totally clear idea of everything that happened pre and with the kidnapping. I guess that makes sense because a child wouldn't totally understand it or get all the info, but it wasn't my favorite as a reader.
Ms. Abbott likes making up her own words in more poetic prose, which I don't love, and in most of her books it feels like that happens way more in the beginning of the book when she has a lot of steam and then trails off later in the books. I thought the narrator did a really good job. 
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xlcior's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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goldenfeather's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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hollykhazzard's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I was unsure whether to rate this a 2 or a 3 but I went with 3 because I enjoyed it at the start but I’m not sure what it was ,there was something about it that just seemed off and a bit odd . It is most definitely a fast read but I just didn’t seem very interested . Now that could be me or just the way I found the book. I was really confused about the storyline and I was really baffled of the relationship or what was going on between Lizzie and Me Verver . I was also so so confused on what the book was insinuating about Dusty and her father . At some points I found it disturbing and what I got from this book is that it is based on 13 year old girls lacking male role models . I’m unsure on whether the fact that Evie is jealous of Dusty’s relationship with their father justifies Evie going onto have a relationship with an incredibly old man . I just found it baffling and bazaar.

There was something about this book that I just didn’t seem to get along with .
Did anyone else find /feel the same with this book?


Edit:

So I think this should be a 1/2 star because after thinking about it so many things in this story doesn’t sit right with me . The fact that almost every main female 13 year old seems to have a weird relationship with an older man . Some of them seem slightly incestuous but I know it’s not just me who this . This book is just incredibly odd with all the mentioned of sexual assault and almost every 13 year old having what is made out to be “daddy issues” .
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