I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

His parents make weird remarks and she's confused by a lot of what she sees. She doesn't tell anyone about The Caller, even though she feels scared.įrom the moment Girlfriend meets Jake's parents, she can tell something's off. One question to answer.' She doesn't know who the caller is or what they're talking about, other than the caller sounds like a man trying to speak like a woman with a high-pitched tone. Girlfriend thinks about 'The Caller,' a person who continues to call her with the same message: 'There's only one question to resolve. Instead, on the way to the farm, the two talk about big words like 'cruciverbalist,' which means a person who's talented with crossword puzzles, and whether people can be truly funny. She doesn't plan to tell her parents about Jake, but she doesn't tell him that. These thoughts make her feel guilty about going to meet Jake's parents, but she goes anyway. Girlfriend feels like she's known Jake for longer than she has, and despite their growing closer, Girlfriend thinks of ending things often.

They don't date for long before Jake takes Girlfriend to meet his parents at their farm. Once Jake and Girlfriend meet at a college trivia night, he slips his number on a piece of paper in her purse.

If you don't mind spoilers, you've come to the right place. The novel ends with a dramatic plot twist you might be wondering about after watching the trailer. Many weird events ensue, in which 'Girlfriend' continues to consider ending things.

While the movie adaptation, starring Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, and Jesse Plemons, may differ from the novel, the novel is about an unnamed woman who goes to meet her boyfriend's parents at their farm. Charlie Kaufman's film adaptation of Ian Reid's unsettling debut novel, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, premieres on Netflix on Sept.

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid