This book read exactly like how I expect then movie version to go. If you like reading disaster movies, you will like this book!
I appreciate how fast moving Ms. Newman keeps her books. There are a lot of main characters so I was not sure this would work well but it does. Keep with it and it's worth it. Rounded up from 4.5 stars
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC

I don't know why I love disaster novels and movies, but I do. Can't get enough of them. Worst Case Scenario is one of the great ones. Exciting all the way through, and I cared about the characters. All of T.J. Newman's novels are worth checking out.

I am a library associate and received an advance copy from #NetGalley.

How does T J Newman continue to impress me with each new novel she writes? One is just as thrilling and suspenseful as the next! That is why she has become one of my favorite new authors and I will be first in line to read anything she writes. And I cannot wait for the movie versions of her books! My thanks to the publisher for providing a review copy via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

This is a fast paced disaster novel that TJ Newman is becoming well known. The opening hooked me in immediately. I wanted to love this book as much as I loved the authors first book, Falling. There were just too many characters to keep straight and I felt disconnected from them as a reader. The detailed technical explanations about nuclear power plants may interest some but I guess that I'm in the minority and it did not. I was more interested in how the disaster affected the community and the neighbors who banded together to help each other. I especially enjoyed the author's note at the beginning of the book. I tandem read and listened to the audio book narrated by Joe Morton who was a fantastic narrator for this book.

This is a fast-paced thriller that starts off when the pilot of an airplane has a medical emergency and the plane crashes into a small Minnesota town right on top of a nuclear power plant. The story then centers around how to keep the NPP from exploding leading to a worldwide disaster. It's definitely a high stakes scenario with a lot of what-ifs, and not everyone survives leading to some sad moments.

There are probably about 10 "main" characters, as well as a lot of sub-characters, so keeping track to everyone is difficult if you don't write them down. After you get to about the 75% mark, you will finally know the characters.

I love the adrenaline rush these books give me. TJ Newman knows how to right a good thriller!

WORST CASE SCENARIO

If you’re looking for a good and sappy disaster/feel good story, this one works very well. Set in current times in small town Waketa Minnesota, a plane crashes into a nuclear plant. There’s a lot of local drama and everyday heroes. Solutions coming from unlikely sources and immediate Federal response keep it interesting and upbeat. Tension filled with time sensitive life and death decisions to be made, this book is excitement from the first page to the last.

This book is the third written by this author, all featuring airplane disasters. All present a variety of terrifying predicaments, and each one is enjoyable - if you can bear the tension!

I would like to thank NetGalley, T.J. Newman, and Little, Brown and Company for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I'm a really big fan of TJ Newman's work, I read Drowning last year and really loved how fast paced and intense it was and I was so excited to read another one by her. While this still had the intensity and fast pace that Drowning had, I felt like there was a lot of technical things about the nuclear plant and how it works that went over my head quite a bit so I felt like it took me out of the story more than I would've liked. I also didn't love the way it jumped around for the points of view- it happened so quickly and without warning that it was hard to keep track of everyone and what their role in the story was. I did really like the story overall, but it wasn't as good as I was hoping it was.

I have a love hate relationship with TJ Newman. Hate her for keeping me up all night with another page turner. Love her for creating stories and characters that draw me in. She is the queen of disaster thrillers. This one was a bit different from her previous books, but glad she spread her wings and expanded her storylines.

✨4.5 rounded up to 5!✨

Was not expecting to cry on this one but that’s exactly what happened. Then I cried some more. I should’ve known because Newman is able to write such thrilling book that absolutely heart punches you.

I was a little lost with how many characters and who was who but other than that, perfection. It was thrilling, bingeable, heart wrenching. This is my third book from TJ Newman and after this one, she just became an auto buy author for me.

Thank you NetGalley and little brown books publishing for an advance readers copy in exchange for my honest review.

This was good, but it didn't engage me like "Falling". I did learn an awful (and I mean awful) lot about nuclear disasters, but there was too many graphic descriptions of the carnage for my taste.

"Worst Case Scenario" by TJ Newman has an almost blockbuster, cinematic feel to it, but in a good way.

I was obsessed with "Falling," stayed up all night reading it in one sitting. "Drowning" brought me to tears. While I still thoroughly enjoyed "Worst Case Scenario," I didn't have the overwhelming need to lose sleep or grab the tissue box this time around.

I found the nuclear aspect of the book to be interesting, but certain elements felt overly predictable at times.

Thank you so much NetGalley, T.J. Newman, and Little, Brown, and Company for this gifted ARC. I did enjoy it and if T. J. Newman writes it, I will read it no matter what.

At first the prologue of this book really engrossed me but I feel like it fell flat. There was too much technical jargon and it enough storyline happening that it made me feel bored. I am very disappointed as I enjoyed T.J Newmans other 2 books.

Wow, Worst Case Scenario has left me an emotional wreck, as I devoured this thriller in less than 24 hours! If you expect a disaster thriller in which the flight crew saves the day, this story will have you gasping within the first few pages as the worst possible situation develops. The rest of the book kept me on the edge of my seat, brought me to tears more than once, and kept me reading until my kindle dropped on my pillow.

T.J. Newman writes a disaster thriller like no other. The characters are fully developed and as a reader, I felt like I knew and loved each of them. There are multiple subplots and character backstories that add an incredible depth and make the reader care deeply about what happens. The way the community pulled together was an unexpected, heartwarming and feel-good aspect to the book, too. My heart broke into a million pieces over the choices that had to be made and the bravery of those tasked with saving lives.

Worst Case Scenario is my favorite of T.J. Newman's books, so far, and like her first two novels, it will make a fantastic movie at some point in the future. I truly cannot imagine how she is going to top this one, but I look forward to finding out!

Thank you to Netgalley and Little, Brown & Co. for the digital ARC of Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman. The opinions in this review are my own.

Propulsive and action-packed — aka just like Newman's other two novels. This one is even more unsettling (in the best way!). Eternally impressed with the research I'm sure had to go into this one! I learned a lot about nuclear energy!

T.J. Newman was a flight attendant before she turned her hand to writing. She writes what she knows. Her previous two books, Falling and Drowning, were runaway bestsellers and you'll also be seeing those titles as major motion pictures! Having read both of those first books, I was eager to read her newly released third book Worst Case Scenario.

There's a plane on each book cover, as you can see. This time around it's a nuclear power plant and the damage done when a passenger plane comes down.

I enjoy the way that Newman builds a core cast of characters that drive the book forward. And that they're all quite different - nuclear experts, firemen, everyday folks stepping up and so many more. Newman gives the core group detailed personal lives - and how that will affect what happens.

That detailing also covers the plot in terms of how the nuclear plant runs and what can be done to avert disaster. I'll leave it you to discover the rest of the plot...

I turned the last page and wondered and how much was fiction and how much was fact. I adamantly believe that this is not as farfetched as you might imagine.

This was another addicting read from Newman. I'll be looking forward to the next book.

4.5 stars
Have you ever wondered what would happen if a plane crashed into a nuclear power plant? In this heart-pounding thriller, you can find out. TJ Newman writes another page-turning thriller that keeps you turning the pages as fast as possible.

A small town in Minnesota is counting down to destruction after the unthinkable happens and an airplane plane flies into a nuclear power plant. Everyone has to work together to try to survive and prevent a major disaster.

I imagine that fans of Newman’s work will find this to be a very satisfying return to the genre of fast-paced thrillers exploring the question of “what if?!” The cheesy dialogue and big list of side characters affected my enjoyment. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for a free digital copy in exchange for an honest review.

I think it is now to the point that I will read anything T.J. Newman chooses to write: grocery lists, post-it notes, out-of-this-world thrillers. I discovered her soon after she published her first novel, Falling. I loved it so much that I pushed for its inclusion in a reading program. I co-facilitate a summer reading program my school district runs for our high school students. It is a voluntary program where we give away copies of books for the sole purpose of developing readers. We gave away 200+ copies of Falling and the kids loved it. Next summer we will do the same with Drowning. (I was thrilled, just over the moon, when Ms. Newman liked my review for the book!). I could not wait to read this new novel and I was not disappointed. It has a fast, easy-to-read plot that draws you in from the first sentence of the book. There are great characters that you worry about until the final parts of the book. I am not certain I liked this book quite as much as I liked Drowning - but it is very close. However, that doesn't take away from this book that I predict will be the thriller of the year, it is that good. As long as T.J. Newman keeps writing I will eagerly keep reading!

The action takes off right on the very first page and you don’t get much breathing room until you’ve finished the book.

All the problems in this novel truly are the worst case scenarios; it is just one life-threatening disaster after another as the characters fight to save not only their own lives, but the lives of everyone else in the country. Because a commercial airliner crashing into a nuclear power plant has devastating consequences for more than just their own little Minnesota town.

I highly recommend this book if you’re looking for an edge-of-your-seat suspenseful thriller where the action doesn’t stop.

This book will make you cry, give you anxiety, and possibly send you down a rabbit hole of googling how safe nuclear power really is at 2am.

It’s an easy 5 stars from me.

Thank you to netgalley for this arc!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25

This book is Die Hard- Plus in book form. It is totally intense, stressful AND hopeful all in 336 pages. I am not a high action lover, but I really loved this book. The action is realistic, the characters are real and the writing is great. This is my first T.J. Newman book and it will not be my last. (This is her third: she’s also written Falling and Drowning!)

I was lucky to see T.J. Speak read and answer questions last night with @cityreadingmouse on the Upper West Side. She told us that she was nervous about writing this book because it is a departure from her other books which take place on the plane. In Worst Case Scenario, the plane crashes in the first couple of pages of the book. Not a spoiler!


Thank you to Little Brown and Netgalley for a free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are honest and my own.