Review: This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

Title: This Is Where It Ends
Author: Marieke Nijkamp
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Publication Date: January 5, 2016
Edition: ebook (288 pages)

This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This Is Where It Ends is stunning. Not only because it tells the fictional story of a massacre at a high school in a small southern town, but because it is so detailed and eloquently told that you actually find yourself inside the minds of the four characters who tell it. The subject is harsh, and the consequences deadly, but the characters in this book are remarkable.

A good story is one that wakes me up, makes me think and feel, and stays with me long after I read it. This story is one of those. It is not one that glosses over the reality of life only to look on the bright side. It presents love, caring and loss just as it often occurs in real life. But I do not recommend it to anyone easily upset by violence.