Popular Reviews of How it Ends

This show has some really great naturalistic dialogue and performances. At one point, one of the friends makes a joke that the other two burst out laughing at, and it is impressive how natural it sounds. Kudos to the team.

This show starts up kind of slow, but intriguing so you keep on listening. And then - it develops into something thriller´ish, supernatural, mysterious and scary. The great VA performances gives this show a real genuine feeling, it´s almost like being friends with the characters and following along. Really well done!

Great mystery podcast. The writer definitely knows how to create suspense. When you listen to an episode, you always NEED to know what comes next. Loved this podcast

It took a couple of episodes, but my wife and I really enjoyed listening on a long, cross-country car trip recently. Breezed through seasons 1 & 2 and are eagerly awaiting the 3rd to see where the story takes us!

How It Ends was an absolute blast to marathon. I really can’t get enough of this show, the mystery and these characters. Loved the scene with Micah exploring her Father’s things for the first time. The drop-in clips (like the song) were brilliantly executed and implemented. Also really loved the interview with the non-fiction writer in season one. Very cool episode design idea. The dialogue delivery is absolutely some of the BEST and most natural sounding voice acting I’ve heard in all of Audio Fiction. No hyperbole, this is some seriously great stuff.

I love the naturalistic dialogue and voice acting. It really does sound like people just talking—awkward hiatuses, occasional cross-talk, etc.—but not so much that it's hard to understand what's going on. The understated but clear tension and unease in the voice of the opening voice-over are great, and I really like listening to Micah's husky voice.The plot is extremely slow-burn, but it gives more room for the development of the characters and their dynamics.

One of the best portrayals of dissociative symptoms associated with grief and trauma that I’ve heard in any audio drama. The whole cast has a wonderfully natural line delivery style but Micah (the protagonist) is standout for the big emotional moments that so often occur as she pursues the truth about the circumstances of her father’s death. An already fraught topic is skillfully interwoven with a slow burn mystery that grows more sinister as the seasons pass. I really enjoyed the way that Micah’s mental health is entwined with the plot progression — it makes her hard-won coping skills feel even more important. Another favorite element of this show is the genuine friendship that Micah is shown by the people who have rallied around her — there’s no questioning as you listen to them bicker, joke with and comfort one another that the friendship runs deep and that that continues even when they’re not recording. The conversation always flows as it would in real life and each character is given real nuance, often with an episode here or there focused on them so that Micah doesn’t feel like she exists in a vacuum. Definitely one of my top mystery/suspense audio dramas.

Really enjoying it. Especially the realistic dialogue between friends. So refreshing. Interesting story too.

Damn this show! I was only going to listen to the first season, because there are so many ADs on my list... but that cliffhanger, though! I'm gonna have to continue. So good! The mystery is intriguing, but all the more so because the characters are all so natural and relatable. And I love the effortless, improvisational style of the acting!