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54 Minuten by Marieke Nijkamp

58 reviews

arryanna's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

The different povs made the book fast pace it showed you what each students hopes for the future were and it was a story that had you feeling even tense emotions that was felt throughout the characters.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Child abuse

tyler_machotka's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Bullying

bubblepricks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book revolves around the POV of 4 main characters experiencing a school shooting. Obviously a difficult subject to write on and one that’s going to upset people one way or the other. I’m left feeling bummed out, but in a satisfying way. I don’t love every aspect of this book, however I think the author did what she intended to. To invoke emotion through writing is a talent 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Child death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Suicide, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Death

agoraphobic_crawfish's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

 TW/CW: mass shooting, gun violence, mentions of abuse, mentions of grief, mentions of Alzheimer's, mentions of rape.

Reading this was painful. Upsetting. I probably won't read another book like it in the future.

Spoiler

Tyler said he "didn't want to be alone anymore". He was never alone. He isolated himself in his grief and then when he successfully pushed ppl away, he turned that grief to anger. I can't feel bad for him though. He wasn't a good person before the shooting. As much as autumn tried to paint him as a saint because he was there for her. he's homophobic, a rap*st, and manipulative/controlling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Grief, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Gore, Child death, Car accident, Blood, Gun violence, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, Islamophobia, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Child abuse, and Hate crime

mollyharwood's review against another edition

sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

It was a good book but not my kind of style. Some things were predictable while others were not expected, told though multiple perspectives some were good whilst others were a bit boring at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying

stephabee_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Minor: Rape and Islamophobia

richofficer's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was extremely sad, but realistic to todays society. The pacing was fast, which I really liked, but I was confused about the characters in the beginning and felt I had to write down who was who and who knew who, etc etc. Overall, I think the book was written very well and emotionally and the only flaw this book had was the random chapters that were not needed and the lack of explanation. Other than that, if you are looking to enjoy an emotional, intense rollercoaster, this is the perfect book for you.

Spoiler

I will never be getting over Tómas’ death.

 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Homophobia, and Child abuse

Minor: Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

barelyghosted's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A well written book with a powerful message. No one should ever need to worry about being put in this situation. You want everyone to escape. You want someone to get the gun away from him. You hope someone can get through to him. You want the brutality to end...but it just keeps going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Death, Murder, Mass/school shootings, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Sexual violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

iksme's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

Every time I read this book, it emotionally destroys me. It is similar to an out-of-body experience. You will cry if you read this, even if you usually don't. It is a deep and sickeningly realistic depiction of what it is like to experience trauma and its effects on the community, including the beginnings of collective community trauma. There is a main character who is a queer domestic violence survivor, and her story is so thought out, so real it is as though she is guiding you through this book. this read hurt my heart and helped me feel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

anna_hepworth's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

5.0

I listened to Nijkamp talk about their books some years ago, and put them on my list of authors to follow up. This is the only book of their's that my local library has in their ebook collection, so I borrowed it knowing pretty much nothing. It might have helped if I'd known the bare bones of what the book is about, but as it was it was incredibly confronting. 

I think this is probably the most tense book I've read. It has such a narrow focus, across multiple viewpoint characters, that at no point during this incredibly awful hour that the book covers is there any narrative breathing room. 

The rapid shift between the four viewpoint characters, plus the extra perspective that comes from a handful of tweets and/or short blog posts that end each chapter, makes it a maelstrom of 'what is happening'. Particularly because the distress of those inside the situation and the distress of those outside trying to work out what is going on are both conflicting and enmeshed in a way that is disorienting in a way that brings the immediacy of the traumatic even that the book portrays. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Child death, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gun violence, Death, and Homophobia

Minor: Bullying, Death of parent, and Rape