Blurb:

10:00 a.m.
The principal of Opportunity, Alabama’s high school finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve.

10:02 a.m.
The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class.

10:03
The auditorium doors won’t open.

10:05
Someone starts shooting.

Told over the span of 54 harrowing minutes from four different perspectives, terror reigns as one student’s calculated revenge turns into the ultimate game of survival.

My Review

I finished this book 3 days ago, and at first, I was crying at the end. I mean, there was so much death. I don’t do well with death.

Now that I’m writing this review, I realize, I didn’t really get the chance to know any of the characters in depth. The story was told in multiple POVs, which took away from the ability to really know the character and not just go through their flashbacks – I’m not a fan of flashbacks because they tend to feel draggy, and sometimes confusing.

The things I found to be completely necessary were the tweets.

I still recommend reading the book if the blurb appeals to you.

Book Links

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About the author 

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Marieke Nijkamp a storyteller, dreamer, globe-trotter, and diversity advocate. She holds degrees in philosophy, history, and medieval studies.

Her debut YA novel THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS will be out from Sourcebooks Fire in 2016.

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