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This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

14 reviews

emelieviklund's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Dementia, and Death of parent

fandomckb's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a heavy read. The content is so dark, but I could barely put it down. The way it's written is haunting and incredibly powerful. I cried at multiple points because the story was so sad, and I think it accurately portrays how horrifying something like this would be. 

<spoliers> The use of dramatic irony was so perfect. Jay asking Kevin to text him back but knowing Kevin was dead... Matt dying at the end... The way that Tyler almost seemed to win at the end because of him killing Tomàs and killing Autumn on the inside by shooting her knee. It was all so incredibly sad. <spoliers>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Dementia, Homophobia, Islamophobia, and Rape

rayannreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Outing, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Outing, and Islamophobia

alisazhup's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

I felt really detached from this book. I don't know if it was the formatting (four POVs, going minute by minute) or maybe the horrible nature of the situation. It was a well written story, and I know based on the Q&A and author's note at the end that they had good intentions, but it was just difficult to feel emotionally connected to.

This is not the blame of the author or the story, but this book was almost advertised as a thriller, which is off-putting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cursing, Islamophobia, Suicide, and Vomit

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