Reviews tagging 'Outing'

This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

14 reviews

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.

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

readingbooksinisrael's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Chronic illness and Gore

spooderman's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Xenophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, Outing, and Deportation

abrown399's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, Car accident, Death of parent, and Outing

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

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

dandelionsanddragons's review against another edition

sad tense medium-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

1.5

the plot was foreseeable and the motif of the shooter cliche and obvious from the start 

the book starts almost instantly with the shooting and you don’t really know the characters yet. It’s not tense enough as you haven’t grown attached to any of them yet. It’s a difficult topic but some scenes didn’t feel realistic. A disappointing read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing

pickletree_books's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

This book was an interesting foray into the minds of 4 individuals during a school shooting. Their feelings and thoughts were portrayed well, but sometimes I'd be annoyed that we'd have to leave one persons POV to go to someone else's, but we were trying to see what each person was doing during the 1-4 minutes that each chapter covered. The ending made me sob. I did have some issues with the ending and other things:

Sylvia seemed way more worried and torn up about her girlfriend being shot in the knee than she was about her twin brother being murdered while she was in a classroom nearby. I would have thought that, even though she had been avoiding him for months due to a rape and (assumed) pregnancy/abortion that she didn't want him to know about, she would have been way more torn up about her twin brother, someone she shared a womb and lifetime with, than her girlfriend. Heck, her girlfriend (Autumn) was grabbing onto her brother's hand after he shot himself, and he was the school shooter! Sylvia pretty much walked past her brother's body and didn't react much. I'm sure shock was part of it, but it didn't feel real. I also stopped caring about Claire and her story once the cops showed up and was annoyed every time we were brought to her POV except for her conversations with her brother, Mark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Outing

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

imjustan's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This is where it ends is a book about a school shooting. It has 4 different POV’s which are all likeable characters but you might feel more attached to specific ones since there is a pretty wide range of personalities, interests, race, sexuality and their home situations. There is a LOT of death in this book, also with characters you might have started to care about a lot. I personally didn’t cry but I was on the verge of. The POV’s are people that are all connected to the school shooter in different ways, the nature of their relationships with him are all very different which makes it so interesting. Ex-girlfriend, sister, sister’s girlfriend and sister’s girlfriend’s brother/school shooters ‘enemy’. 
In between chapters it sometimes also has tweets or blog posts from other students or people connected to students/ teachers at the school and also some that aren’t connected to the school or it’s pupils and staff whatsoever. They show different reactions from the outside and inside to what is happening.
I gave it 3.5 stars out of 5 because even though this is an important subject and the character POV’s we’re very interesting, I don’t want to read this book again. I don’t feel very attached to it, BUT I would recommend this to people. I think it’s a good read for once and then you kind of just… move on.
It’s written in easy English and I think anyone could read this, unless you get triggered by things that happen in the book. Which is why I think it is important to read trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Car accident, and Outing