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These stories have all been published elsewhere so while it is nice that they are collected all in one volume it was a bit annoying to get the book and realize "oh, I've read all these." That's a personal problem though. As always Gemma Files writes weird and beautiful horror about the borders between "real life" and what might lay beyond. Favorite story was "Look up" about monsters that run in the blood. Everything in here is good though.

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keithlafountaine's review

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5.0

One of my favorite covers of all time.

One of my favorite titles of all time.

One of my favorite collections of all time.

Seriously, this is such a great collection. Every story here is spooky, disturbing, memorable, and inventive. It represents everything that horror can and should aspire to be.

I highly recommend you pick up this collection today.

annihilatrix's review

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dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.75

shelf_husk's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

misterkyle1901's review

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

ghoulnextdoor's review

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5.0

There is always a moment in my dreams where space shudders and what was fine and well is suddenly not. Gemma Files’ stories contained in In That Endlessness Our End begin in that shiver just before the nightmare. It’s unnerving how preordained the descent feels, yet how abrupt. The horror is always uncharted and inevitable. Her writing feels like some of the best /nosleep narratives in their eerie inventiveness, their proximity to real life (but really there’s no comparison here, it’s just the best I can offer, is all) but with a precision of language and astonishing detail that comes from someone whose imagination has been guiding her hand for an impressive amount of time, and knows exactly how to take those things that frighten her and unleash them on us.

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