Huffington Post
Noir triumph…In wonderfully descriptive prose, Abbott weaves a tale of intrigue…It will haunt you.”
RT Book Reviews (4 stars)
Abbott takes a devastating look at the dark underbelly of suburban life…Nobody is innocent in an Abbott novel, but the characters and their complex, murky motivations are gripping. This intense novel will stay with you.”
New York Times bestselling author Tom Perrotta
This is a gripping and disturbing novel, a fever dream of adolescent desire and adult complicity.”
Library Journal
Edgar Award winner Abbott offers a fascinating twist on the coming-of-age story, blending a tale of young women just discovering their sexuality with suspense and plenty of plot twists."
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Fans of Tana French and Kate Atkinson will welcome Abbott’s haunting psychological thriller set in what appears to be pre–cell phone suburban America…Abbott expertly captures the nuances of lost innocence and childhood friendships, without ever losing an undercurrent of menace.”
The Guardian (London)
A sensitive, unconventional tale about the infinitely complex mystery of sexual awakening.”
Booklist
Abbott, well-known as a hard-edged noir author, has crafted a unique mystery lush with sensory details.”
From the Publisher
"Stirring...[a] storytelling feat."—New York Times
"A haunting story...evoke[s] the furtive blossoming of adolescent sexuality...that lies beneath the ice cream shops and sprinklered lawns of '80s suburbia."—Entertainment Weekly
"Fans of Tana French and Kate Atkinson will welcome Abbott's haunting psychological thriller ... Abbott expertly captures the nuances of lost innocence and childhood friendships, without ever losing an undercurrent of menace."—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"A mesmerizing psychological thriller and a freshly imagined coming-of-age story, will draw comparisons to The Lovely Bones."—Los Angeles Times
"THE END OF EVERYTHING will haunt you as only a modern-day Lolita can."—Huffington Post
"The writing is anything but typical, as Abbott's inventive use of language to build imagery reads more like poetry than prose."—Boston Globe
"A sensitive, unconventional tale about the infinitely complex mystery of sexual awakening that lingers in the mind long after the book is finished."—The Guardian (UK)
"THE END OF EVERYTHING is Abbott's most refined and rapturous offering yet."—Los Angeles Review of Books
"An accomplished psychological thriller... a highly skilful novel, taut, addictive, full of stuff to keep you hungrily reading."—Sunday Times of London
Laura Wilson
"A sensitive, unconventional tale about the infinitely complex mystery of sexual awakening that lingers in the mind long after the book is finished."
Hallie Ephron
"The writing is anything but typical, as Abbott's inventive use of language to build imagery reads more like poetry than prose...The story veers from the beaten track as well, deftly skirting the familiar 'adolescent girl as victim' scenario and exploring, instead, the power games that young women engage in with much older men...games in which there are unwritten rules and exquisite danger for all who play."
Carole Mallory
"Noir triumph...In wonderfully descriptive prose, Abbott weaves a tale of intrigue...It will haunt you as only a modern-day Lolita can."
Leah Greenblatt
"Abbott...evoke[s] the furtive blossoming of adolescent sexuality and the murk that lies beneath the ice cream shops and sprinklered lawns of '80s suburbia...A haunting story."
Susannah Meadows
"Stirring...[a] storytelling feat."
Sunday Times of London
"An accomplished psychological thriller... a highly skilful novel, taut, addictive, full of stuff to keep you hungrily reading."
Los Angeles Review of Books
"THE END OF EVERYTHING is Abbott's most refined and rapturous offering yet."
The Guardian (UK)
"A sensitive, unconventional tale about the infinitely complex mystery of sexual awakening that lingers in the mind long after the book is finished."
Boston Globe
"The writing is anything but typical, as Abbott's inventive use of language to build imagery reads more like poetry than prose."
Los Angeles Times
"A mesmerizing psychological thriller and a freshly imagined coming-of-age story, will draw comparisons to The Lovely Bones."
Entertainment Weekly
"A haunting story...evoke[s] the furtive blossoming of adolescent sexuality...that lies beneath the ice cream shops and sprinklered lawns of '80s suburbia."
New York Times
"Stirring...[a] storytelling feat."
