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A review by samhoward
The End of Everything by Megan Abbott
4.0
It is so impressive how much Megan Abbott fit into a short novel like this. It is equally impressive how well she writes about being a 13 year-old-girl in the midwest. But at this point it's common knowledge that Abbott does these things well, it just doesn't cease to amaze. Each page was dripping with a quiet suspense that I loved.
The bursting feelings of the platonic love of friendship, the draw of the one family in the neighborhood that seems perfect yet mysterious, how small and big the world can seem all at once, and the deep, deep yearning of wanted to be loved and paid attention to are all tended to lovingly and frighteningly in this book.
The bursting feelings of the platonic love of friendship, the draw of the one family in the neighborhood that seems perfect yet mysterious, how small and big the world can seem all at once, and the deep, deep yearning of wanted to be loved and paid attention to are all tended to lovingly and frighteningly in this book.