The End of the World (As We Know It) by Kayla Kruse is a surreal, genre-blurring memoir that follows the author's descent into-and emergence from-a personal and spiritual crisis. Told through raw, confessional prose, the story explores Kayla's experience with trauma, mental health struggles, and a disorienting romantic relationship that leads her to question the nature of reality itself. After a psychological breakdown and hospitalization, she becomes convinced she is receiving messages from the Holy Spirit, blurring the line between divine inspiration and delusion. As her internal world fractures, the narrative shifts into a symbolic journey of faith, identity, and rebirth. Ultimately, the "end of the world" becomes a metaphor for the collapse of her old self and the painful, often confusing process of spiritual transformation.