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This Is Where It Ends

By: Marieke Nijkamp
Narrated by: Nick Podehl, Whitney Dykhouse, Kate Rudd, Lauren Ezzo, Amy McFadden, Brittany Pressley, Scott Merriman
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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.

©2016 Marieke Nijkamp (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. First published in print by Sourcebooks Fire.
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fine for highschoolers maybe...

This book is written in a rather juvenile way and is probably fine for people in high school or middle school. Even for people in that age group though it's sort of disconnected because the author has clearly not been in a high school in decades.

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Just listen

This book is just... you can't go wrong. Please for the love of god listen to this. It's got me in my feelings right now, feelings that can't be expressed by words. Just listen.

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Really captivating

It takes you inside a school shooting and gives you characters to root for and mourn over.

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Amazing!!

Loved all the different narrators. I never wanted to turn this off. I wish it wouldn't have ended!

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Heavy but amazing

The topic obviously is hard to listen to but sadly a part of our regular life.

The way the author tells the story is amazing and heartbreaking. I highly recommend it.

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The plot twist in this book has me on the edge of the seat LITERALLY

From beginning to end I was intrigued with this book. I wanted to know what drew me into it when I first bought it from target. Something spoke to me. Now I usually hunt for the casual romance novel but this book spoke volumes I couldn’t put my finger on. I will say I enjoyed this book this felt more of a movie than a book. I can still picture the ending of this book this is one little captivating book.

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Teenagers Should Love This--

Every now and then I get a hankering for some YA, especially when I see that Nick Podehl is one of the narrators. And you never know, YA, even MG, can be tonic for an adult out of touch with themselves.
This one, "This Is Where It Ends", is good if you want to get in touch with your inner angst-ridden teen. Not so much for adults, really. It's urgent, emotional, fraught with every type of teenager there is. It goes to GREAT lengths to touch on any experience, background a teen can come from. So naturally, you might find yourself rolling your eyes a time or two, if you're an adult.
If you're a teen (and by the way, this is NOT for 11-13 year olds!), more power to you. You'll find yourself within, every emotion you've ever felt, every fear you've ever had.
Masterfully narrated, with Nick Podehl turning in the most compelling character's voice, this is a decent way to spend your time.
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Very Intense! Incredible performances!

The narrator's were great! Blew my mind, I couldn't stop reading and they really make u feel like ur there. The story was intense and well worth reading!

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Raw, real and touching

This book touches on what so many have both lived and dies through, school shootings. It's is a sad yet very well written book about a high school, in America. That falls under seige one horrible day. By one student. It shares all of the feelings of the students stuck in the hell of the Auditorium one morning, while one student begins his murderous & verbal torture of the students & teachers alike. It also focuses on those students who are not stuck inside the auditorium, the students who do everything they possibly can to save as many of their classmates as possible. This book is moving, sad and honest. It brings to light a subject that is all to well known. However it also brings to light those students who put their fears aside to go into the school and help very very many escape. This book was an amazing listen. I highly recommend it.

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Emotional listen

While this story was very difficult to listen to, it was riveting and emotional. Listen to it.

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