Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

19 reviews

ghanshaw's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kaylasbookgram's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

“Grief is one big, gaping hole, isn’t it?…It’s everywhere and all consuming. Some days you think you can’t go on because the only thing waiting for you is more despair. Some days you don’t want to go on because it’s easier to give up the to get hurt again.” 

This book was so devastating and super emotional. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship

reading_binosaur's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was absolutely amazing.

Definitely did not intend to read about a school shooting so close after the tragedy in Uvalde. But, this was an amazing piece that took the incident from different points of view both inside and outside of the massacre.

I think this is a great story that could possibly help to guide healing after an incident like this. The discussion questions at the end are also very well thought out and helpful for discussions on not only the story but how you add a person feel about the events that take place 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

anonymous_traveller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

sonshinelibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

This book sucked me in and I finished it in one setting. It's super intense and the way the chapters cover small blocks of time and hop between the 4 main characters, means that it reads really quickly. Being centered around a school shooting, there is a lot of violence and a lot of things that might make this difficult for many readers. Lots of potential triggers. A very gripping and heartbreaking read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Blood, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Rape

agustdefault's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

i have some mixed feelings about this book. it was absolutely terrifying and heartbreaking and while i did feel like i truly felt their emotions during the story, it was a little hard to follow at some points. i appreciated the different povs that showed different trauma responses but it was a little hard to connect with the characters. i think the author was trying to do too much with this story. with the shooting and how all of the mcs had relationships with the tyler, the relationship between autumn and sylv was kind of rushed and it wasnt even clear they were dating until she explicitly said it. plus the random social media aspects were really weird and kind of broke the tension. 

although i did appreciate reading a book by an actually autistic author :))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Homophobia, and Rape

miandi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

cabeswaren'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicide, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Car accident

mjwilliamson's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Incredibly well written with great character depth. Although there was a fair bit of exposition, it is understandable that, in their situation, the characters would choose to focus on certain things. I thought that the romance which developed in during the present was slightly unbelievable but Nijkamp really managed to capture the complexity of character and intertwining depth of relationships. And sadly it was terrifyingly chilling how realistic the story was. There are no happy endings in a story like this, and no one ever comes out unharmed. Don’t read this one before you go to bed. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Car accident, and Death of parent