This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Format: E-Arc, 288 pages
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Series: Standalone
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10:00 a.m.
The principal of Opportunity, Alabama's high school finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve.
10:02 a.m.
The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class.
10:03
The auditorium doors won't open.
10:05
Someone starts shooting.
Told over the span of 54 harrowing minutes from four different perspectives, terror reigns as one student's calculated revenge turns into the ultimate game of survival.
*Thank you so much to Sourcebooks Fire for providing me with an advance reading copy in exchange for an honest review.*
I thought the premise of the plot was just unique and I was so interested to see how Marieke would handle it. But the story just wasn't engaging whatsoever. I've seen so many people love it which makes it so sad that I could not get into it.
I DNFed it at 78% into it. It's probably stupid because I was almost finished. But to be honest, it didn't really feel like I was reading it. It was more like I was reading it but I wasn't really catching the words. It was like a blur. Once I put it down, it was the end for me. And I wasn't thinking about it nor did I have the urge to pick it right back up.
I just didn't want to bother.
I did cry once which is weird because I felt bad for the characters but they were just there. I had no attachment or deep connections with them. But this is a reason why I think other readers could enjoy this but it just wasn't doing it for me.
I think the story could have done better without all the different point of views because I did have a bit trouble keeping up with all of them. And the duration of the story is only an hour so I don't think that was enough time for some character development.
If you are sensitive to school shootings or violence in general, I would advice you to not pick this up.
Did Not Finish!
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