This Is Where the World Ends

Name: This Is Where the World Ends
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Amy Zhang
ISBN: 9780062421418

Author: Amy Zhang

Narrator: Michael Crouch, Justis Bolding

Unabridged: 6 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Published: 03/22/2016

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes

Synopsis

A heart-wrenching novel about best friends on a collision course with the real world from Amy Zhang, the critically acclaimed Indies Introduce and Indie Next author of Falling into Place.Janie and Micah, Micah and Janie. That’s how it’s been ever since elementary school, when Janie Vivien moved next door. Janie says Micah is everything she is not. Where Micah is shy, Janie is outgoing. Where Micah loves music, Janie loves art. It’s the perfect friendship—as long as no one finds out about it. But then Janie goes missing and everything Micah thought he knew about his best friend is colored with doubt.Using a nonlinear writing style and dual narrators, Amy Zhang masterfully reveals the circumstances surrounding Janie’s disappearance in an astonishing second novel that will appeal to fans of Lauren Oliver.

About Amy Zhang

Amy Zhang was born in China and moved to the United States when she was a young girl. She grew up in Wisconsin and recently graduated from college. She is the author of Falling into Place and This is Where the World Ends, and she currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aj the Ravenous Reader

I think the author is really good at creating unreliable narrators just like she successfully did with her debut novel Falling Into Place. Though I still prefer her debut novel a lot more than her second book, Amy Zhang’s writing still incredibly impresses me. I have no doubt she’s really a 50 year......more

Goodreads review by Melanie

Rating not final. Me right now: I cannot stress how highly anticipated this book was for me - Falling into Place, Ms. Zhang's debut novel was my favourite book of 2014 and since then I have reread it about 8 times. No joke. I fucking loved it. But this book? It left me so, so disappointed. Of course,......more

Goodreads review by Shannon

You can find the full review and all the fancy and/or randomness that accompanies it at It Starts at Midnight I was sure that it was just a fluke that I didn't love Falling Into Place. Everyone and their mom loved it. Who knows, maybe my mom loved it. I loved the writing. I did not love the book......more