This is Where it Ends

This is Where it Ends 

by: Marieke Nijkamp

Synopsis: This is Where it Ends is a fictional story about a high school shooting. It's told in four points of view throughout the 54 agonizing minutes, as a student determined to get revenge, takes control and locks down the school. 

Review: Although this book is fictional, this kind of thing actually happens and that is probably why this book is so hard to read. However it's so gripping that it's literally impossible to put down. It reminds the reader how fast everything can change and it makes the reader question what he or she would do in that situation. But then you realize that it's impossible to know what you would do, because you can't even imagine it happing to you or someone you know. Reading this as a high school student, I was speechless and filled with emotion, because I kept comparing it or imagining it happening in my school, and that was very hard. I don't know why, but I didn't expect this book to be as sad as it was. I knew it was a book about a school shooting, but I still expected it to have a happy/decent ending. It didn't. The end was horribly sad and I was forced to read it through my tears because I couldn't wait to see what happened at the way end. Even though it was sad and I cried a lot, the ending was good and somewhat fulfilling.