TJ Newman is an automatic must-read for me, and this book delivered the tension and pacing she's so well-known for. I found myself missing more of the airline component from her other 2 books, and wasn't totally prepared to learn that much about nuclear power. At times, it felt like everything truly WAS the worst possible scenario, making it all a bit too far-fetched. That said, I LOVED the Dani/Connor storyline and without spoilers will say that this book had me in tears more than once. Overall a solid 4 stars.

If you’ve ever read any of T.J. Newmans works, you’ll know generally what to expect with her genre, but she takes it up another notch with Worst Case Scenario. I read the entire book in a day while traveling for work - maybe not the best choice to read a plane crash book while on loads of flights, but it was so engaging I couldn’t stop reading.

As with her other works, Newman seems like she has done extensive research to make the plots plausible (in a science/engineering sense) even if they are improbable. It reminds me of watching a season of 24, where each situation makes me think “well, I guess that really could work that way in isolation, but how much more can you possibly put these people through!”

This particular book is premised on the Worst Case Scenario for pilot/airlines/the world - a plane crashing into a nuclear power plant and the chaos that ensues. The small community around the plant jumps into action to stop impending doom and lives out actions of sacrifice, courage, and selflessness.

There is a very good amount and mix of characters in the book. You feel as though you connect with each on some level and truly feel for them as they encounter various conflicts, but there are not too many as to be confusing.

If you like either of Newman’s first works, or general suspense/thriller books, I highly recommend picking up a copy when it comes out Aug 13!

Special thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for the ARC.

My goodness. This book kind of terrified me. In a good way. TJ Newman drops you immediately into the action with this one and it does not stop until the very end. Thank goodness it's on the shorter end because I need to be a responsible adult and live my life but I just could not until I finished this one to see how it was all resolved. In classic Newman fashion, the story starts on a plane but it soon moves to a small town in the Midwest. There are life-and-death scenarios that grasp you and make your heart race. This time, the results of the action could have global consequences.

The pace of this book does a stellar job of capturing the stress and tension the characters are under. Several storylines overlap, but the reader is never lost or confused as the narration jumps from one to the next. If you are looking for a highly entertaining book that really holds your attention and increases not only your heart rate but also your emotions, this is a great choice. You will be left satisfied with the ending and wondering yourself....what if?

One thing about TJ Newman; she's gonna make you STRESS.

Having now read all of her published books- you can see how she's progressing incredibly.

In Worst Case Scenario, a plane crashes into the town of Waketa. Destruction is everywhere, but the biggest focus is Clover Hill power plant where the crew is working tirelessly to stop a nuclear meltdown that will devastate all land along the Mississippi River.

This book is so high anxiety, while still giving you room to learn to love the characters. Every single person is so well written as a human. Never once did I stop and think "no reasonable person would do that" which is what I truly believe sets TJ Newman above the rest when it comes to this genre of disaster thriller.

I highly recommend this book, and I hope that TJ Newman keeps writing because I'm certainly going to keep reading.

Thanks Netgalley for an ARC of this novel. I’ve really enjoyed all 3 of this author’s books. This one involves a commercial jet crashing into a nuclear power plant and the aftermath of the crash. There are interesting side stories & rescues, it’s very fast paced and like Newman’s other books it would be a great movie!

Wow - I have read all of Newman’s books and this is probably my favorite to date. It seems impossible that she keeps finding new, terrifying flight scenarios that each are completely different from one another. This one, centered around a small town reeling from a plane crashing into a nuclear plant was un-put-down able and my biggest complaint is that it had me crying on my train ride home from work. Would love to see this as a movie. Great characters and totally gripping. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

Maybe don’t read this book if you plan on flying anytime in the near future, or, you know, ever.

A high-octane read from the very first sentence, T.J. Newman delivers by creating a story filled with terror from the first page, making everyone who reads this ponder the possibility of ‘what if?’ in this perfect storm of all that could possibly go wrong… a pilot suffers a massive heart attack and the plane filled with people crashes into the sleepy town of Waketa, Minnesota… sending debris from the wreckage across a large area, much of it landing at the nuclear power plant causing catastrophic damage.

“Worst Case Scenario” wrecked me causing me to cry off and on the last 25% of the book because Newman makes you care about each of the characters she has created both as individuals and collectively as a whole; begging the question - what is more important: the individual or society?

Available in stores everywhere on August 12, 2024, this is a book you won’t want to miss! Thanks @littlebrown and @netgalley for the advance digital copy.

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This thriller has everything!!! It was so captivating and intense throughout the entire book! There were twists and turns until the very end!

I was worried that this book would be repetitive since the authors previous books are all about plane crashes, but I was very wrong! This book focuses more on the aftermath than the actual plane crash.

I have been waiting to read the next TJ Newman since reading Falling and Drowning. This book was more fast-paced than the other two, and at times, it was hard to keep up. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it. Kept me on toes. Connor pulled at my heartstrings.

TJ Newman writes crisis fiction like absolutely no other - I knew when I got approved to read this early that it would be just the book to bring me out of my reading slump, and boy was I right. I was absolutely enthralled from page one, and for the first time in a while stayed up well past my bedtime to finish it in one day. It was THAT good. The one thing I will say, is it was really confusing having two "C" characters - I think it was Claire and Carla? Something like that. Either way, that kept throwing me out of the story periodically, because I couldn't keep straight which was which for the life of me. But seriously, that was the only complaint I had in the whole entire book - it was breath taking and suspenseful from beginning to end.

This is my first book by Newman and I have to say once I got to maybe 15% in, my attention was hooked. I finished it in a few hours. I loved the writing! Loved the story! And I bought her other 2 books.

A dead pilot, a plane crash, mayhem in a small town and a looming nuclear disaster that could end humankind…welcome to Worst Case Scenario! ☢️

3.5 ⭐️ I enjoyed this one! I have to hand it to the author, because her imagery is vivid and unparalleled! This book is full on action right from the start and immediately sucks you in! The authenticity she brings to her books based on her flight experience really adds a a layer of believability as you read. Don’t get me wrong, the plot is beyond outlandish to be sure 😂, but as pieces unfolded I was definitely feeling the “could this actually happen”!?? COULD IT!!??? 😂 My reason for not rating higher is simply because the nuclear angle wasn’t really my favorite and I think I’m ready for something a bit different from the author. She’s proven she can write an engaging story, but this one definitely felt like it followed the exact formula her first two books did.

My thanks to NetGalley and Little, Brown and Company for a complimentary advance copy of this eBook, out 8/13/2024.

Thank you T.J. Newman and NetGalley for the ARC of “Worst Case Scenario”. At this point if T.J. Newman writes a book I’m 100% reading it. I read “Falling” and “Drowning” in one day each so when I saw that T.J. Newman was publishing a new book I jumped at the opportunity to read it before it was released.
The only reason I rated it 4 instead of 5 stars is because there were a few parts that were slow but the other 80% is so fast paced I could not put it down.

Not my favorite of T.J.'s books. This one kind of slogged along a bit for me. I wasn't attached to the characters as much due to the jumping around from so many points of view. I wanted to care more about certain deaths and accidents but it just didn't emotionally draw me in

TJ Newman knows how to write thrillers. I enjoyed the level of scary that accompanied this one. I think anyone that lives near a reactor would say this would be their absolute nightmare. Newman is great at starting the book off intensely and keeps on running.

I would have liked to see an update in RJ. He was cantankerous and felt the world owed him. It would have been nice to see him again towards the end of the book. But this was a fun, tense thriller from start to finish.

THRILLING! Sometimes you want something, as the saying goes, that will make you look good if you die while reading it. Other times you just want something that is rip-roaring GOOD (why don’t we use “rip-roaring” anymore? That’s a real shame.). This book is the second type, and it’s a really, really good example of that one. I would say to get it for your next plane ride somewhere but, um, maybe not….

….because here a pilot suffers a fatal heart attack while flying a 757 (don’t worry, the co-pilot situation is explained) and it crashes into Waketa, Minnesota, home of a nuclear power plant. Chernobyl was a level 7 nuclear incident. This may be a level 8. There has never been a level 8. There will be global implications.

This was exciting. There is a large cast of characters, with some of the things you might expect going on (children in peril, etc.). That is to say, maybe some of it is a little far-fetched, but, c’mon…it’s well done and sometimes it’s fun just to roll with it (although if you run a nuclear power plant you may roll your eyes…but how many people is that?). I’ve read one other book by this author. This one is better. I predict big sales for this.

A million thank yous to NetGalley and Little Brown and Company for an advanced reader copy of Worst Case Scenario!!!

T.J. Newman quickly became one of my top favorite authors after reading Falling, and she just keeps getting better!

SO many tense moments where I literally cried out. I can't even imagine a situation like this becoming a reality. People think of supernatural horror stories as being scary reads, but this book sets the bar on scare factor.

I'm so excited I was able to read this book prior to publication, but I'm sad it's over. Hoping for a 4th book in 2025!

4.5 stars
First off, I’m glad that I’m not flying in a plane for a while. The beginning of the book is terrifying… and then it just gets worse! We start out with a plane crash that causes damage to a nuclear power plant. Everyone is scrambling to stop the worst case scenario from happening (hence the title! 😂). It is the stuff of nightmares. TJ Newman pushes the boundaries with each book. She needs to stop with this third one because I don’t think any of us can handle what she’ll write next! 😱
*Thanks to Little, Brown & Company, Hachette Audio and NetGalley for the audiobook copy

as a flight attendant myself, I always gravitate towards Newman’s books which so far have focused on plane-based catastrophes (yes they give me anxiety but thrilling nonetheless). and although ironically this is also the book which focuses the LEAST on the plane, <i>Worst Case Scenario</i> is definitely her strongest book so far.

going back to that statement, we know right off the bat that the plane crashes with no survivors (Newman’s other two books mainly focus on the disasters occurring inside the plane), so the actual story focuses more on all the characters involved with trying to prevent a national disaster, when the plane crashes into a nuclear power plant. the book feels very large in scope and reads like an action thriller movie, we follow everyone from the residents of the town affected to the plant workers to the firefighters to the US president. the pace is kept up throughout the whole book and is easily bingeable. a pretty unique story that I’m sure took a lot of research from Newman as it includes a lot of scientific stuff.

This is my first book by this author and WOW, what a wild ride! I finished this in less than 24 hours. Action packed and emotional story about what would happen if a plane crashed into a nuclear plant. Terrifying!