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jgoodrow's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
derklo_0307's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
mimi00789's review against another edition
adventurous
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
5.0
silvablu's review against another edition
Just a bunch of frenetic scenes with no plot. Made for action brainless TV, not a book
allaboutfrodo's review against another edition
3.0
I am not quite sure why I keep reading T.J. Newman's books. I guess because of the buzz. Each reads like the novelization of a movie that hasn't actually been made (although apparently both Falling and Drowning movies are in the works).
Worst Case Scenario is just so by the book. (Please write the most cliched thriller about a plane crashing into a nuclear power plant that you are able - done!) There's plane crash porn that made me uncomfortable. The secondary plot about a family in a van that ends up hanging over a bridge because of falling burning plane parts should have been moving, but it didn't move me. I found myself skimming some of the by-the-book scenes. For a thriller, I don't know, I just wasn't thrilled. Also, I hope our nuclear power facilities are safer than depicted in this book.
I did like this passage about a man exposed to radiation who could have only a month to live: "A month! Steve took that in. A month was a handful of weeks. One full moon. One billing cycle. He could be gone before his library books were due." (chapter 24)
Worst Case Scenario is just so by the book. (Please write the most cliched thriller about a plane crashing into a nuclear power plant that you are able - done!) There's plane crash porn that made me uncomfortable. The secondary plot about a family in a van that ends up hanging over a bridge because of falling burning plane parts should have been moving, but it didn't move me. I found myself skimming some of the by-the-book scenes. For a thriller, I don't know, I just wasn't thrilled. Also, I hope our nuclear power facilities are safer than depicted in this book.
I did like this passage about a man exposed to radiation who could have only a month to live: "A month! Steve took that in. A month was a handful of weeks. One full moon. One billing cycle. He could be gone before his library books were due." (chapter 24)
m_losch's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
ei9pv6ys1cfivd6's review against another edition
2.0
Having read her two previous books I was looking forward to this one but "Worst Case Scenario" is just plain bad.
It's one improbable scenario after the other with each more unbelievable than the last.
I couldn't force myself to read the last sixty pages.
It's one improbable scenario after the other with each more unbelievable than the last.
I couldn't force myself to read the last sixty pages.
cewash796's review against another edition
5.0
4.5⭐️ This was just as thrilling and fast-paced as her first 2 books, but also crushingly sad! It felt like reading a disaster movie script. I was hooked from start to finish. It could be a little cheesy in some parts, but I had such a good time reading it, it so I did not mind too much.