![]() ![]() There was no psychological deep dive into why the shooter, a previous student in the school, ended up in the way he did, and why he thought his only solution to his problems was to murder his classmates. With cheesy lines and no real reasoning behind his actions, the author made it seem like the shooter was some kind of superhero comic villain, with no other drive for his actions besides to incite fear in others. Making it worse, the school shooter in the novel was way too villainized. The novel was way too action-packed, in such a way that every single plot point in the book seemed wildly exaggerated. Instead of a thoughtful, heavily researched, realistic story, I got a novel that seemed to be an insult to any school shooting victim. However, the novel completely missed all my expectations. ![]() ![]() Initially, I was intrigued to read this book since it covers a very sensitive topic and is a topic that I was interested in learning more about. This Is Where It Ends follows four students who recount their perspectives going through a school shooting at Opportunity High. ![]()
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