Reviews tagging 'Death'

This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

227 reviews

kalyn_c's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

eule's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Strong and depressing book.
Read it in one sitting and will probably not recover. I am so grateful that I live in Germany right now.
The characters were confusing. 

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Content Warnings

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

goldenreader24's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Rape

ctruett's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

charlotte_marchand's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape

casserole1998's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

brookeisbusyreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

When I first came across this book, I knew I wanted to read it because it centers around a school shooting. I wanted to read a book not COMPLETELY real but one that was important or dealt with important things. After the year in the US with our record number of mass shootings, I decided to  pick up This Is Where It Ends.

Man, I’m a mess of emotions - distraught, heartbroken, satisfied, SUPER sad, proud (of the author), and relief. It reminded me of why I don’t want many war movies…because the people behind them, like the author of this book, make you care about the characters but they don’t all make it to the end of the story. The level of horror, heroism, mature topics, and just general human complexity is stunning. It was also painful to read because of the real life shootings.

My biggest issue-that-isn’t-exactlly-an-issue with this book is the whiplash I occasionally got switching between the 4 POVs. The differences in each character helped me separate them but they cycled so frequently, it did kind of feel dizzying. Yet it also kind of worked with the pacing and tension. On the other hand, the pacing is a grey area for me on whether I like or agree with it. But that’s a minor thing I excluded from my rating criteria this once.

This Is Where It Ends is a ride wild enough to match the look in Tyler’s eyes and that’s all I’ll say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism and Death of parent

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

5.0

Wonderfully written and a heartbreaking novel. Had me on the edge the entire time, I couldn’t put it down. It’s been a bit since I read it, and if I could read it again for the first time, I would. It does touch on some heavy themes, most of which are pretty self-explanatory, but it does a great job telling them. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a more darker story and are prepared for some angst and grieving with the characters. Though it’s a relatively short time span covered in the book, the writing makes it seem like it takes longer - but in a good way. Love it, and would read it again for the first time if I could!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

been a little bit, but I do believe the aggressor commits sU!c!d€ at the end of it

astalavista's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

tnemelce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Rape and Alcohol