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Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin

6 reviews

eachz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really enjoyed this! I've been disappointed with other speculative fiction that gets way too hung up on the details of the science/tech setting and neglects the characters and the universal themes to be explored against that backdrop. Tell Me an Ending, to me, did what I always hope for, and made the novel mostly about the characters and how the phenomenon of memory deletion/restoration can play out in many different ways. 

While there was a lot of tragedy in this story I think it left me feeling hopeful and fond of humans in all our messiness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

squidbillyinvictus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Drug use

jacquatch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Car accident

Minor: Child death, Incest, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

I feel like this book could have been cut by 1/4 and have been much better. And I felt like there was not much that surprised me. I got bored, but I also wanted to finish just to see how the author wrapped it up.

brimclala's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kristasorocks's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

nicoleisalwaysreading's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I could see this one being a fabulous HBO miniseries 👀

I really liked the slow development and revealing of facts like a mystery novel. The different characters and bits of the story we received in each of their sections immediately hooked me. For some reason, some of their memory reveals felt anti-climatic, but I think the theme that different people process memories/moments/events differently and they can have a catastrophic impact on individuals' lives and seem unimportant to others was nuanced and layered.

Character writing was complex and nuanced, and I especially liked seeing how Louise fully crystallized with different perspectives falling into place. I also liked the tiny overlaps as each of the characters encounter one another in different ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment