3.25/5 Brilliantly executed and written so atmospherically. It’s rare (for me) to read something that makes me feel like I am sitting on the edge of my seat. And I read it in a day or so, that is also a good sign. Somewhere in the middle of the book happens A Thing which led me to suspect Another Thing. And in the End it turned out to be true - this was so rewarding, but also kind of disappointing? I think I expected a somehow bigger twist in the end (i KNOW I shouldn’t, like, hype myself up for things), but it was in the end “excused” with an open but still clear cut end and a “mental-illness-plot-device” (which is like 50% the bibliography of Sebastian Fitzek, a german author. And sidenote nation: There is a German young/new adult thriller called 'Der Scherbensammler' I read ages ago which has basically the same/a similar plot but more “fluffy” and fitting for 14-year-olds). But still, the atmospheric language, the feeling of uneasiness especially when the two characters are on the road and the brilliantly sparse settings made me enjoy this book a lot!

o_O On an immediate reread I know it’s an all time favorite. I’m obsessed and upset. The way this story pieces itself together in a completely different way after knowing the ending is incredible. There are so many details and scenes that just hit different. The themes that it’s actually talking about broke me on this reread and now I hate thinking about this book cause it makes me sad. It fills me with a very unique kind of dread.

Okay I don’t know what to say about this one! The book was good, the movie was good too but it was pretty weird. It wasn’t scary but it was pretty damn weird and left me speechless. Gonna tag this as the weirdest book I have read this year and probably ever have read in my life!

I honestly have no clue how to describe what I felt and thought while reading this book. Had I not done much on the day I started reading this, I would have finished it in one go. It was that interesting. What can I say. I had a lot of theories. Especially when weird things were happening. Like her getting calls and voice messages from herself. The question she asks Jake that are never answered. A picture of her in the house. Some times it feels like she was never there, like she is a ghost or something. The end cleared it up. But they led to more questions. I do not even remember her name. And how were the intimate parts?

27.02.2019 : Ich kann noch keine genaue Aussage über die Bewertung dieses Buches machen. Ich muss noch etwas darüber nachdenken 03.03.2019: Mittlerweile konnte ich meine Gedanken zu diesem Buch sortieren. Tatsächlich hab ich am Ende dieses Buches gedacht, ich hätte es nicht verstanden. Nach einiger Recherche war ich mir dann doch sicher es verstanden zu haben. Und das ist eben auch das Ziel des Autors und das macht er großartig. Mit diesem Ausgang der Geschichte rechnet der Leser überhaupt nicht, aus diesem Grund fand ich es nach einigen Überlegungen doch sehr gelungen.

Es klang spannend und wurde mit dem Slogan "Für Fans von Stephen King" empfohlen. Als spannend, beklemmend und gruselig. Während die philosophischen Gespräche in der ersten Hälfte interessant war, war ab der zweiten Hälfte sehr klar, was Sache war. Die große Enthüllung deutete sich an und war unspektakulär, unlogisch und konfus. Leider ein Flop für mich! Während ich die Rezension getippt und nochmal über das Buch geschlafen habe, muss ich mein Rating nach unten korrigieren. Meine ausführliche Rezension.