If you just want a well paced thriller to pass the time, anything TJ Newman works will probably do the job. But if, like me, you’re not huge on thoughtless thrillers and are only here hoping to recapture the excitement and originality of Falling, this one just never gets there.

Maybe we just don’t need a whole series of thrillers about plane crashes that all seem to have the same voice and be populated by the same stock characters. While I loved Falling, I didn’t think this or Drowning really brought anything new to the table, and the cleverness of the detail and setting in Falling (the Yankee stadium scene, for example) has been absent from Newman’s last two books.

Newman writes well enough that I think she might successfully pivot to thrillers tackling a different subject, but these have more than run their course. The nuclear threat in this one really only adds stress to the reader experience, rather than any sense of something different. If Newman keeps writing (and I still hope she does), I hope she tries her hand at a slightly different subject.

TJ Newman's books always give me pause when it is time to travel, and this was no different! Her description and plot set up made this book so incredibly believable and frightening. Well-developed characters made me feel something for everyone involved, and I hope I am not going to be flying over nor located near a nuclear power plant any time soon!

This book is wild. It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time and I couldn’t put it down. The Cheeto chapters (just one more!) are the perfect way to build and keep suspense. I have read everything Newman has written and I will continue to do so! This will be a great book for my high school library for those students who aren’t big readers but love an action movie.

TJ Newman is a master at delivering intense thrill rides that keep you on the edge of your seat throughout and Worst Case Scenario is no exception!

T.J. Newman has a way of writing books that keep you on the edge of your seat. When a plane crashes into a nuclear plant in Minnesota a chain reaction disaster begins. What I loved about this book is it was told in real time. At first people didn’t know what happened. Then they realized what happened and had to get to safety or to the plant to prevent further disaster. The story not only focuses on the plant but things happening because the plane crashed such as a family stuck on a bridge because the wing of the plane broke off. A story filled with nonstop action, heros, and heartbreak.

It’s no doubt that TJ is a talented writer. Her debut Falling was hard to put down from the beginning however Worst Case Scenario didn’t have that for me. I kept going based on what I know of her work and I’m glad I did. The multiple point of view within a thriller like this felt a little played out and extra challenging at the beginning to keep straight and that is likely what led to sidelining it for a bit. In the end what kept me coming back was that notion of ordinary people doing some extraordinary things.

Worst Case Scenario kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. I haven't read Newman's previous titles yet, purely because anything involving planes usually gives me major anxiety, but after reading this one (and pushing through my anxiety), I can't wait to read their other titles. This book is one of those stories that messes with your head, keeps you turning the pages, and guessing what's going to happen the entire way through. A perfect example of what a thriller should be.

I highly recommend Worst Case Scenario.
Thank you Little, Brown, and Company and NetGalley for the gifted eARC in exchange for my honest review.
4.5/5 stars

I loved this book from the first page til the last. It's a bonkers plot, yes, but Newman is the master at writing these kinds of stories. She somehow makes us both want to know what's going to happen AND care about the characters it's happening to.

Thrilling and terrifyingly realistic!

TJ Newman writes thrillers with heart. Readers care about the characters while seeing them in scary situations.

A pilot has a heart attack and the plane goes down.
Unlike her last book, Drowning, where the ocean was the crash, Worst Case Scenario has a plane crash at one of the worst places ever, A nuclear plant.

It's a smallish town so it's self contained but still a major disaster waiting to happen.

The Chernobyl parts turned my stomach..
At one point I was laughing at something someone said, next I was sobbing.

To me the story was very realistic.
Fast paced
Compelling and emotional.

I loved how the community came together to help as much as they could.

The sacrifices people made had me crying.

A one sitting read with my heart pounding most of the time.

Its been selling at the store and I've been telling everyone about it

Thanks to net galley the author and publishers for this amazing book

4 1\2 ******Highly recommended

Intense and captivating! What happens if a plan accidentally crashes into a nuclear power plant?

This one had more characters and locations than her previous books. I found myself getting kind of bored when the POV switched. I also felt like the ending was rushed.

Despite that, this was an intense story that really creeped me out at times. It felt too real. I love the themes of sacrifice, connection, family, and camaraderie that are explored. The characters felt like real people who I was rooting for.

I definitely recommend if you liked Newman’s other books or fast paced speculative fiction.

Another hit from our favorite flight attendant turned author, TJ Newman!

This book was action packed, devastating and took me on quite the ride. When I realized I was sobbing and looked down to see that I was only a quarter through the book, I knew I was in trouble.

TJ Newman definitely has a knack for giving her readers anxiety. I was nervous this entire book! She also is fantastic at building up your love for a character very quickly.

I do have one gripe. I've read all 3of her books now, and this one had certain scenes and even full sentences that were pulled right out of her other books. It did not take away from my enjoyment, but I did feel like I needed to deduct a star for originality.

Overall, I highly recommend it!

After loving Newman's first two books, I had a harder time with this one. There is so much gruesome dying and violence at the beginning that seemed unnecessary as the story went on. I will still read her next novel but hope there won't be so much gratuitous violence.

I was unsure about giving this author another chance after feeling just ok about her first book, but the premise of this one really intrigued me. While all of T.J. Newman's books revolve around plane crashes/accidents, this one felt different because it wasn't super focused on the accident itself, and was more about the aftermath of a terrible plane crash. I don't know much about nuclear incidents more than the surface level but I did not feel like I needed more than that to understand what's going on and what's at stake in this book. I had a pretty good time but I never felt connected to any of the characters and I didn't really care about what happened to them. They all felt very 2D and it was hard to figure out who was who at some points. I'm not sure if this author will ever be for me, despite exclusively writing about a topic that absolutely scares me. Maybe the third time's the charm?

Wow! T.J. Newman does it again. This was great. Sad and tear felt. But so good. It will definitely have you on the edge of your seat and you won’t be able to put it down until you finish the last page.

Such a thrill ride! It started with a bang and kept going. I loved the way the community worked together to help each other and keep their town from being wiped off the map.

TALK ABOUT READING A BOOK AND BEING ON THE VERGE OF A FULL BLOWN PANIC ATTACK! This book read like a fast paced action movie. I was on the edge of my seat the entire book. WOW! This author writes such real life, high stress, insane situations. I eat up anything and everything that she writes! Well done!

Who would guess that a book about a nuclear power plant struck by a plane would give me all of the feelings and be so good?! Not me! I read Newman’s other suspense books and found myself confused throughout. This one read easier. I liked the multiple views we saw. The short chapters helped. I breezed through this one. What a story.

I thought T.J. Newman's (much-touted) debut was pretty good. Was it the blockbuster everyone said it was? I didn't think so. But it was fun. Then came her follow-up, Drowning, and that blew me away. I thought it would be hard to follow up that, and then came news that a new book was coming a year later (unlike the two-year gap between the first two) and the results are... about as I suspected. They're good, not great. Out of her three, this is probably the weakest one. Taking a macro approach and focusing on a large town, I feel like we never really get to dig deep into the characters besides their main talking and thinking points. The two who are best explored are also savagely dragged through the book for effect at the ending. Did that work? A little. I felt a little something stirring in my chest by the book's end, but I also felt like it could be more. Newman's approach of being the 'Grisham of the Skies' definitely sets her apart and I will continue to read her books, but I'll approach the next one with a little more trepidation.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

I have enjoyed TJ Newman's last two books, so I was very excited for this one. I don't think it had the same thrill that the other 2 had, but I still enjoyed the read.

Fantastic! T.J. Newman is now my go-to author for this kind of edge of your seat, propulsive thriller. I can’t wait to read the next one!