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The End of Everything [Kindle Edition]

Megan Abbott (Author)
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'The End of Everything is already being compared to The Virgin Suicides (and, for once, rightly so) . . . dreamy, shimmering . . . Enthralling.' --Book of the Summer in Marie Claire

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Deft, enthralling and intelligent' Kate Atkinson

Lizzie and Evie are inseparable. They walk home from school together, sleep over at each other's houses, even flirt with boys together. And they tell each other everything. Or at least, that's what Lizzie thinks -- until Evie goes missing, and Lizzie suddenly realises their friendship wasn't quite what she thought.

A novel about two young girls discovering their sexuality; about fathers and daughters; about family and friendship; about jealousy, secrets and lies, The End of Everything is a powerful reminder that things aren't always what they seem. 'A gripping and disturbing novel, a fever dream of adolescent desire and adult complicity' Tom Perrotta
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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Written in the first person, we see the story unfold through the eyes of 13-year-old Lizzie. Evie and Lizzie have been friends for ever in that close, intimate way that only happens in childhood where every secret and emotion is shared. Now, however, Evie has disappeared and Lizzie is trying to make sense of her feelings of loss, her suspicions that Evie may have been hiding something and her relationships with Evie's family who have been her second family for so long.

This book is an examination of that difficult time when childhood and adolescence meet. Lizzie is experiencing her first feelings of sexual desire and is trying to understand and deal with this. Being 13 is a long time ago for me now, but Lizzie took me back to that turmoil of emotions, that clash of innocence and knowingness, that combined sense of anticipation and apprehension of a new phase of life, and it seemed to me that the author had caught this incredibly accurately. Through Lizzie, she talks about the physical changes, the private fantasies, the struggle to understand the motivations of adults and to be accepted by them in a new way, the secrets and stresses within families.

The book is tautly written and relatively short at around 250 pages. I found it an uncomfortable but engrossing read, covering aspects of pubescent sexuality that we sometimes like to pretend don't exist. Suspenseful to the end and with a pervading atmosphere of dread, I shared with Lizzie a need not just to know what had happened to Evie, but to understand. This is not a book I will soon forget - I highly recommend it to anyone who was once a 13-year-old girl, though I'd love to see some male reviews too.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I'm quite surprised to say that... I really enjoyed this story. When I selected it, it was really so I could read something that my wife might enjoy as well as myself... however, I could not put it down, I had to read it right until the conclusion.

The story begins rather slowly, it builds layers and fully flushes out each character. It loads the story with weight and suspense, which if you don't have a little patience you'll not enjoy, but then in the resolution of the story the flood gates open, the plot unfolds at a real explosive pace.

Some of the language employed is strong, some of the language may, for the moderate middle England reader maybe too strong. But on the whole the story is told, and is about a delicate subject (child abuse at its core).

I read the story in the evening, in bed and it left me unable to stop turning pages.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Seriously impressed 29 Jun 2011
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Lizzie and Evie are best friends. Both are on the cusp of adulthood. They are always together. They share everything: their hopes, fears, bodily changes, school work and even their clothes. Closeness doesn't come into it.

But when one hot summer's day, Evie goes missing everything Lizzie thought she knew is destroyed. She thinks she knows what has happened and in some ways she is right but her idea of truth is neither what others see nor is it the real truth. Truth is a complex commodity. In fact, Lizzie sees everything in every detail but she is naïve and confused in her own feelings to understand what it is she sees.

I have read many stories about the dark undercurrents of Middle America and of young girls coming of age but never one that is so subtly clever without calling attention to its cleverness. I do think, however, it's a mistake to liken it to The Lovely Bones because this is a far, far better novel. It lacks its gaucheness, its sensationalism or gruesomeness. Yes, gruesome things happen but what is most frightening are the small things such as Mr Verver's hand hovering above Dusty's stomach in the moonlight. Now that's scary.

This is an impressive novel, so light in its touch, so sure of its effects. This is the first novel I have read by Megan Abbott but it certainly won't be the last.
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Not that great
Granted, this probably isn't really a 'me' book, but I thought the story sounded good: 13 year old Lizzie's best friend Evie has gone missing and Lizzie was the last person to see... Read more
Published 24 days ago by Nicola
Very disappointing
I was very disappointed with this book, after it was recommended to me by a friend.
I found the narrative voice, supposedly that of a 13 year old girl, to be totally... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Cakestin
Interesting and a bit different
I did quite enjoy this book, I picked it up in a charity shop because I thought the premise sounded a bit different. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Alison Fable
An ok read
Thought this book was ok, not a difficult read but not one I found very gripping. I thought the author was trying to do another 'Lolita' type story but one that's just not as good. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Rachel
Not sure
Picked this book as I wanted something easy and light to read whilst I was away on holiday. The cover and blurb make you think of the long hot summers you had with your friends... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Deb L
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Published 3 months ago by nigel p bird
Gripping, vivid and unusual
It's been ages since I read a book that I couldn't put down - this one I stayed up late for. It took a couple of chapters to get into, but once the main character had disappeared,... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mel Henson
a good book
I read about this book in the sun newspaper on books to read. I thought it sounded good so i brought a copy from amazon. Read more
Published 5 months ago by bookmoviefanatic
Big let down
I bought this book as I read so many good reviews. Was so excited as I started the book but my excitement slowly turned to boredom! Read more
Published 5 months ago by gleek1
the end of everything by megan abbott
I am very pleased i read this book ,as it is not the usual type of story i choose i was pleasantly surprised and absolutely loved it. Read more
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