![]() ![]() Jones?”), The End of Everything marks a departure from her previous novels as well. Part of you wants to.Īt once a perfect fit with Abbott’s past work, overflowing with the sense that something here just isn’t right (or, as Bob Dylan sang, “There’s something happening here and you don’t know what it is, do you, Mr. Every word is overwhelming and heartbreaking. You experience guilt, terror, passion, nostalgia, regret - and that’s just the short list. While you’re turned head over heels with each new sentence, she hits you again and again. To read her is to be reminded of Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception (2010), standing still as that shocking wave crashes around him. ![]() Her prose is beautiful, fragile, and it courses through the pages with a pulsing power. ![]() Her new book, The End of Everything, is no exception. Megan Abbott makes glass sculptures filled with blood. ![]()
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