This tight time frame really builds the suspense, especially with four narrators in different areas of the school.įor how well the four narrators are developed, the shooter is a flat character. The action takes place in about an hour, starting with a high school assembly. The way they relate to the shooter, both in flashbacks and during the action, is very emotional. There is the girl who used to date the shooter, the girl who was bullied by him, the bullied girl's twin brother, and the sister of the victim. They share flashbacks about how they know the shooter, what their relationships were like, how they changed, and why they think this event is occurring. Nijkamp tells the story from the points of view of four different students. I like it, though, because there are so many different ways to portray it: from the victim's point of view from a bystander's point of view from the shooter's point of view, or all of the above. I won't say it's a trend, the way vampires were and zombies are, but I've been reading about it frequently. It seems like I've been reading a lot of school shooting books lately. This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp is a book about a school shooting.
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