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This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

117 reviews

br3anna_'s review against another edition

tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Something I do like is how the characters connect in some way and somehow. For example, Slyv is Autumn's girlfriend and hates Tyler because of being a former victim of his as well as Tomás' sister. Tomás is Slyv's brother and hates Tyler. Claire is Tyler's ex-girlfriend and knows Tomás and Fareed for not liking Tyler. Autumn is Tyler's sister and Slyv's girlfriend.

 
The book makes your head work. It makes you use your brain without screaming at you who the characters are every five minutes. 
Yes, it mentions it sometimes like Adam's They Both Die at The End. 

It has the time system that they both die at the end did.
It has different povs.
I like that sort of thing. 

Tomás' va in audible has a better Tyler voice than I have ever heard from both of the va's. 
Claire's va in audible has a good "news cast lady" voice. 

I enjoyed the author hiding certain things. "Sylv and Tomás being brother and sister," but it wasn't mentioned until we got to them meeting in the auditorium. Because they haven't talked. 
"Sylv and Autumn being girlfriends" wasn't mentioned until page 22 because it was hidden.

 
Makes me wonder if that was intentional. 

Cons : 

Is this book realistic? No. Not at all. 
It's almost a joke as to what the author believes is what a school shooting is.

A question that commonly occurs and occurs to me is how Tyler - the shooter of the book - would be able to do this with *one* person. Which is himself.

I read a review of where Tyler is a cartoon-ish villain. And honestly, I agree. 
Bro is twirling his little evil mustache/j

A quote ; page 59, 

"Be so kind as to lock this door, NOW if you please." 

Something he talks about in the book is not being seen and wanting to make people see him. Although I have that problem being a high school student, it's bullshit for the author to think that something so small would be something so big. 

I question people's ages and people's races in this book. Perhaps it's because it isn't mentioned as much in the first eight chapters? 

I read a review where they felt as though there is no personality between the characters. 
And I agree with that as well. 
The book feels as though it focuses on the school shooting itself. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. But if you want to feel something towards the character. I feel there should be more personality there.

I find myself questioning who the tweets are. For example, JEyck32 and KeviiinDR.

Those who don't know. Kevin is one of the first people Tyler shot. And Jay had a crush on him that skipped school. 
I was confused about how they were related to the people in the school. 
And I assume Mei is the daughter of Mr Jameson?

Maybe I'll go back and annotate the book some more to figure it out.
Or maybe it'll have a chart of how everyone is connected at the end. 
Like They Both Die At The End
(So I looked, and it does not have a chart explaining who's who.)

I apologize for continuing to quote that book. Not only is that the book I finished completely without dnfing it. But it also often reminds me of that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

nisanre's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was compelling and it kept me riveted until the very end and the four narrators  had powerful narratives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

kayyy4106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

julienicole1106's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

hamletje0953's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Sexual assault

abitofcourage's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Suicide, Gun violence, Bullying, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

zyahlove24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book literally had me sobbing and gagging and trying to survive. this book was so sad. I literally cannot deal with this right now. Like this book really just hurt my soul so badly like it had me punch in the book and everything. I cannot function anymore now that I read this book because the way how it really made me feel and it literally made me have an anxiety attack the whole time I was reading it like I felt in my chest this book was so good and I don’t think I’ve ever ever gonna recover from this book. I can’t even think straight right now that’s how good this book was it’s not even that is good it’s just so raw and just rail and just so depressing . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, and Rape

lorraine19's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

I was expecting a chaotic, gritty, realistic view of school shooting. I was thoroughly disappointed. Instead, this reads like an overly scripted Hollywood movie. There's so many long dialogues and every character just had to have some dramatic heroic moment even if it made no sense. The type of characters didn't really match the setting. 

I don't like telling spoilers in reviews but I feel like I need to provide examples of scenes to express how unrealistic it was written....

(SPOILERS) The shooter comes in and an auditorium of a hundred students just goes completely silent. When the doors open, not a single person panics or makes a run for it. Everything is controlled and there is little chaos. Police officers find students a couple blocks from the school and BRING THEM BACK. Like what?! (SPOILERS)

Reading the author's note, they state they grew up in a different country and we're unfamiliar with school shootings. They wrote the book in order to "learn about it". Clearly they should've done more research. Insulting to anyone that's been in proximity to violence like this and does not provide a realistic or fair view of school shootings at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Death, Gaslighting, Child death, Hate crime, Violence, Gore, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Dementia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

joy_99's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

It was very close to being a 3 star. It wasn’t bad. Some things felt a little corny. It does show that it was written by someone who doesn’t have to experience this first hand but I appreciate the effort. Storyline did keep me wanting to read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Murder, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Hate crime, Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse and Blood

kashrae99's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Medical content, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Dementia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Chronic illness, Religious bigotry, and War