Mary and Jim are the perfect devoted couple until he walks out and disappears seven years ago. She holds a vigil at the train station asking him to come home. Her friends try to find out what happened to him. There is no big mystery or twist to this. It is fifty shades of mental illness and depression wrapped up in anguish and heart break.

For the past seven years Mary has held a vigil everyday on Ealing Station platform with a sign saying 'Come Home Jim'. What is the story behind it and who is Jim? This is the basis of the book and we find the answers in flashbacks from the time they first met and events in their six year relationship.
We also find out about Mary's life and emotions in the present day and meet the people who want to help Mary find closure.
The book demonstrates effectively how our experiences and relationships affect our everyday lives and responses. it also touches on the effects of mental health issues in a sensitive way.
I'm not sure how I would categorise this book, it covers love and loss, pain and hope, friendships and emotions. For a book that has the breakup of a relationship as its main theme its is not a uncomfortable or down beat read, quite the opposite in fact.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Following on from her debut novel, The Silent Treatment, Abbie Greaves' second novel has a very different take on themes of disappearance, loss and letting go. Whilst the premise on which the story is based is interesting and ultimately redemptive, I think felt it could have benefitted from some judicious editing as it was over long, and I found myself speed reading to get to the end, rather than being drawn in, and involved with the characters.

The Ends of the Earth by Abbie Greaves a slow starting three-star read. If the whole story was as good as the 2nd half then it would have been five-stars, but I have struggled with this, I have picked it up and put it down three times as I just couldn’t get stuck in, and I hate not finishing a story so I kept going, but honestly it could have easily still been waiting on me to finish it. It has a good story, but it just didn’t keep me going. I do plan on trying something else by this author, to see if it’s just my slump that caused me to not enjoy this as much.

📖 Book Review 📖
The Ends Of The Earth by @abbiegreavesauthor 
Publication date - 29th April 2021

My thoughts (some spoilers)

Well she does it again, I loved ‘The Silent Treatment’ and I adored this just as much.

Abbie writes in such a way that you feel for all of her characters, I was immediately drawn to Mary, picturing her standing with her sign and feeling her pain.

When we met Jim, I immediately disliked him, thinking that he was selfish, but this soon changed when we learned that it wasn’t a simple case of him just walking out.

I like that they all had a happy ending and that Mary was able to accept and move on in the end.

This is a heart warming read, which I highly recommend.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Thank you to @netgalley and @randomhouse for my advanced readers copy, in exchange for an honest review.
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WOW I loved reading this and couldn't put it down!
I was totally immersed in the story and the way the chapters changed from past to present was perfect..
In ways the story was unbelievable but its a true vision of people who suffer from depression, although Mary was the main character the others featured had their own stories too..
It was both a love story and also a story of how depression can take over your life and the author made a sad story into a very understanding and  realistic read and shows that there can be a happy ending even if it's not what your expecting it to be !

I loved this book from page 1, it drew you in with the story and characters.  This book is one that you don’t want to put down until you know what happened to Jim.  I just had to keep reading to find out why Jim left, would he return and what would become of Mary. Kit and Alice are great characters but Mary is such a strong brave lady.
Loved it !
Thanks Net Galley for giving me the chance to read this book

This was a lovely, lovely book.  Watching Mary open up and accept help was really heartwarming.  The characters were well-written and really came to life.   Highly recommended.

I could not put this book down! This is the story of Mary, the silent and elegant lady who spends her evenings standing outside Ealing station holding a sign saying "Come home Jim". The tale is told alternatively over two time periods as we unfold the story of Mary and Jim, one of great love and loss.
This is an emotional ride and the surrounding characters have their own experiences of love and loss, making them hugely sympathetic to the reader.
Beautifully told, with a few surprises thrown in to raise the heart rate, I highly recommend this book, particularly for fans of Jojo Moyes.

A very emotional read which pulled me in at the start and kept me reading until the very end. This book is heartbreaking, emotional and uplifting on so many levels. It is a memorable stand out read. 

Thank you to NetGalley for my copy.

Such a beautiful and powerful book with so much to say about love and loss, and the most brilliant focus on men's mental health which is so often neglected in commercial fiction. I was quickly hooked, and devastated by Mary's loss. I enjoyed the flashbacks to 'then', as the story unravels and you get to know Jim a little better. Heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure!

I  loved this book!   An engaging mystery with easily identifiable characters.  i found it diffcult to put this book down and completed in a couple of days (and nights).  Thought I knew how the story was going to end, but I was very Wrong.  Abbie greaves has completed a lovely book which deserves to be read by all.  I will be looking for more writing from this author.

This is essentially a poignant love story . 
Mary and Jim meet and fall madly in love . One day, after a fallout ,  Jim does not come home.
Mary is bereft . She decides to keep a vigil for Jim by waiting at the local train station with a home made sign reading "Come Home Jim " -and when the book begins we learn she has been there every day for the last 7 years.
Keep the tissues handy 

Thankyou NetGalley for an ARC in return for an honest review

I started this book with high hopes but I’m afraid I soon got bored and started to skip forward purely to find out what happened to Jim. I’m sure lots of people will enjoy this book which deals with loneliness and mental health issues - afraid I’m not one of them.

This book was hard to read, because it is so real. It is about loss, hear break, mental illness. 
Maybe little slow, but it is a solid read. 

3.5 stars.

A book about love and loneliness and how mental health affects both.   I enjoyed it although was a little sceptical about someone holding a nightly vigil for 7 years which is why I gave it 4* and not 5. 
Despite that I read it in 2 days and would recommend it.

This book is breath takingly, heart breaking. It’s so beautifully written. The raw emotions of loss and pain are so cleverly exposed in this book.

I was hooked by the idea of a love story which the synopsis seemed to offer, but the story itself was lacking in characters and plot. Overall a real shame or maybe I just expected more. 
I will admit that I did read purely to see where Jim was, but not because I cared about him or the other characters just because I was curious. 
The pace of the story seemed to drag and while the subject is not light hearted it needed some sort of balance to keep the reader interested.
All in all not for me. 
If I was to recommend this book I would say grab it for a pool side, beach read so you can have you light hearted breathing spaces.

This is a well-written novel with a great deal of understanding behind it. When you first start to read it, The Ends of the Earth puts you in mind of a Leslie Thomas novel (I have read at least two such) about a middle-aged man running away from home, except that it’s seen from the perspective of the woman left behind. Actually, it isn’t like that at all, but the true character of this novel does not emerge all at once. The truth comes in layers and none of the characters really want to believe it all. 

The author ultimately allows love to heal all, but not until the truth is uncovered and faced and ghastly mistakes that might have “justified” lasting animosity or even legal action, are forgiven. And the “happy ending” is nothing like what the reader is expecting or hoping for, for most of the story.  The quiet but firm portrayal of forgiveness as a necessity rather than a mere virtue makes this book a very non-trivial love story indeed.

Thank you Netgalley for sending me this ARC. This book covers many important topics such as loneliness, loss, and mental health struggles in both men and women. The book was just too slow pace for me, I found myself skipping some of the back story.