At the End of Every Day

{{Short description|2023 novel by Arianna Reiche}} {{Infobox book | author = Arianna Reiche | pub_date = 2023 | publisher = [[Atria Books]] | image = File:At_the_End_of_Every_Day.jpg }}

'''''At the End of Every Day''''' is a novel by Arianna Reiche. It was published by [[Atria Books]] in 2023.

== Plot summary == Delphi Baxter is an amusement park worker who was left scarred after a childhood accident. Her boyfriend Brendan is a prince mascot at the park. When an actress dies at the amusement park, it is announced that the park will close. Delphi has increasingly surreal experiences as the park slowly winds down its operations and begins to doubt her reality.

== Structure and style == The book incorporates horror and surreal elements,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-28 |title=Arianna Reiche and C.J. Leede on Weird Lit, Angry Girls, and Amusement Parks |url=https://crimereads.com/arianna-reiche-and-c-j-leede/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=CrimeReads |language=en-US}}</ref> and was inspired by "the psychology of theme parks and animatronics."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fresh Fiction Blog {{!}} Arianna Reiche {{!}} Increasingly Strange Things Happening at a Theme Park with Arianna Reiche |url=https://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=13054 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=freshfiction.com}}</ref> The primary plot is interwoven with epistolary chapters describing a pair of siblings' relationship to each other and the amusement park.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Winters |first=Ben H. |date=2023-07-04 |title=Secrets and Horrors at a Tragedy-Stricken Amusement Park |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/books/review/at-the-end-of-every-day-arianna-reiche.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=At the End of Every Day by Arianna Reiche |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781668007945 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>

== Reception == The book received praise for its prose and uncanny atmosphere, but was criticized for having a confusing plot and being difficult for readers to connect with.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

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[[Category:2023 fiction books]] [[Category:2020s horror novels]] [[Category:Atria Publishing Group books]]