Thorsten Nesch, is one of the coolest writers we’ve had on our blog, “Grolar”, was one of the most original books last year, and he’s back with: “School Shooter“. Yes, you can bet that this will be a great book. Why do we say this? Because, Thorsten Nesch is one of those writers that packs his books with original, wild, unexpected plots AND valuable content with depth.
With a surprising start, Thorsten Nesch catches our attention and kicks the plot onwards with our main character. The narrative of Thorsten Nesch moves from 1st to 3rd person perspective with ease, and we don’t notice until we stop to think about what happened. This fluid shift and the simple description of the scenarios create a cinematic feel to the reading experience.
Readers will love how fast the book moves and the feeling of progress you will get when the chapters speed by due to the narrative of Thorsten Nesch. He made the book easy to read, enhancing our urge to reading more, and faster, which is exactly what he wants, because the tension rises by the paragraph. Very nice.
The emotions, perceptions, motivations and internal struggles of characters have depth and add weight to the story. It’s amazing how easy Thorsten Nesch can make the book interesting by showing what characters are thinking and feeling in that split second, and explain their background with so few words!
The characters’ unique approaches to the situation of crisis feels real. This allows us readers to identify more with one character or the other. The author also uses characters to show stark emotional differences between genres. It’s interesting to see how he can do it with subtlety and make it believable and clear.
Although the book is suspenseful, there humor from characters that fit their ages applied with logic and wit.
We love how the author let characters debate possible reasons why there are school shootings and try to make sense of it all within themselves.
After a while you realize the intentions of the author with this book. To show the uncertainty that “survivors” of a shooting have when trapped and how important it is sometimes to stay put. He also takes the chance to go into the thought processes of teens and kids, and how they process the whole situation emotionally.
The author, we assume, shows how poorly these situations are handled by the authorities, parents, and “higher ups”. It’s fascinating how “oblivious” most people want to be when things like this happen. There’s an important mention, of how the police is ready to intervene when it comes to small crimes but not so much in the big ones.
This book is interesting, and orders a deep reflection upon society and the standards of courage and integrity in our days. The lack of caring in people in general, and specially on our homes which creates criminals.
This story is a critical piece of work that everyone should read and reflect upon the depth of it. Excellent job by Thorsten Nesch. Grab your book and be intrigued by the social commentaries, that are brilliant, inside this novel. This is a valuable read with great plot-twist in the end, so grab your copy of “School Shooter” now and enjoy.
Pros:
- Incredible way to address school shootings and the social causes of it without blaming
- Incredible philosophical depth with an emotional touch to it
- Perfect narrative and pace that rises and steadies itself when needed
- GREAT ending, with an incredible plot twist and deep emotional messages in the end that made the entire read worth it
- Great suspense scenes and build-ups that lead to thrilling scenes
- Realistic characters with diverse personalities and depth
Cons:
- The book could have moved a little faster in some parts
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