Browne beats Autumn but doesn't report him.

Since her death, their father (who owns a hardware store) beats Autumn so that she'll give up her own pursuits of a dance career. Ty and Autumn's prima ballerina mom died in an auto accident 2 years previous. Two of the main characters are the shooter Ty and his sister Autumn, who is one of the narrators. WHO CARES?! Frankly, it's rather offensive. No one is depicted as being super gay-hating. I mean, COME ON! Even in Alabama (where the story is set), it's 2016. Hey, author, research your type of killers!!! In the end (MAJOR SPOILER), Ty went on his shooting spree - killing 39 people (! - more on that in one second) - because his sister is a lesbian. While Tyler Browne (the shooter) is technically a mass murderer, he displays both physical signs of a serial killer (torture) and the mental state of a serial killer (enjoys/gets off on killing it's a power/control thing). I will dig into the #1 problem first: the author doesn't seem to know the difference between a SPREE KILLER, A MASS MURDERER and a SERIAL KILLER. The story is told from multiple points of view, but not from the shooter's perspective. The book takes place in real time, over the course of an hour, during a school shooting. But that's about the last positive thing I'll have to say. The subject matter is timely and interesting. But this books is so sloppy, poorly researched and poorly written, I wonder how it got published. And look, I'm a writer myself, so I don't usually enjoy throwing other writers under the bus.

I'm sure Marieke Nijikamp is a nice person. But after about the first 20 minutes I HATE-LISTENED to it simply so I could write this review.

I bought this book as the Daily Deal I like YA and had previously heard good buzz. I wish I could shoot myself after listening!

This is how it ends book marieke