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This Is the Way the World Ends by Jen Wilde

13 reviews

womanwill's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

3.75

Wow, this book was a ride! I didn't realize it was a thriller/science fiction-y until I started reading it. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the free e-ARC.

Set mostly at an elite private school's fundraiser and private gala, Waverly and her friends stumble upon murder and a high-level power scheme after a dystopian event. 

In this short and fast-paced novel, you'll find an amazing cast of characters and tropes:
 - Waverly- our MC - a lesbian scholarship student with Autism
- MS & chronic pain rep in Waverly's mom & how disability impacts their family and income earning abilities 
- Pari- Waverly's bad ass mized South Asian best friend who is bisexual and has EDS & chronic; she also often uses a cane & has quite the collection
- sapphic longing
- dark academia meets tech dystopian science fiction
- found family 
- lots of death and murder 
- mannequins
- a horror maze

My favorite thing about this book was the disability and queer rep. At its core is a queer and disabled centric core friend group/found family & love for blood family. Though the characters did face some discrimination and comments from the able bodied and minded and cisheternormative side characters. So CW for that. 

I found the story to be a bit unbelievable at times and a bit uneven in plotting. But I think it's aimed for a relatively young YA age, and overall, I thought some of the twists on dark academia were quite fun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Ableism, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Bullying, Colonisation, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, and Violence

caseythereader's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? No

4.75

Thanks to Wednesday Books for the free advance copy of this book.

 - Please allow me to do some queer screaming about THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS! Multiple queer characters from different backgrounds! Multiple characters with varying visible and invisible disabilities! A twisty story in an opulent setting with some real heartbreaking and heart-filling moments!
- If you can't tell, I really loved this one. I blew through it in a single night, absolutely loving Waverly and her friends. I am a big fan of how Wilde used this over the top story to make real world points about capitalism, ableism, classism, and more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Death of parent, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content

mals_reads's review

adventurous hopeful 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Ableism, Violence, Vomit, Blood, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, and Drug use