"It's not a movie, just reads like one."

🛬 First few chapters introducing the flight crash is amazingly graphic and equal accolades to audio book narrator who paints the complete picture as if a movie is playing. The thrill and panic as the flight goes down, the wings crashing on cars on a highway, President being locked down into high security in anticipation of terrorist attack, is outstanding.
🛬 The story soon transforms about the first responders and nuclear plant manager. The plot which was evident that it is eventually going to have a happy ending. It was a convenient plot line and research on nuclear power plant was superficial . The story is spread across the town to create sense of impact and chaos, but it results in huge cast of characters, making it difficult for reader to keep trac
🛬 This is an amazing Audio narration by Joe Morton. I was literally in the flight alongside the narrator when the fictional flight started crashing. The static sound when characters are communicating over radio, immensely adds to the mood. Maybe it could have been tried during the pool and rescue scenes in the lake.

Fasten your seatbelts...TJ Newman's latest book, Worst Case Scenario, is a nail-biter. This time, the story revolves around a commercial passenger plane that crashes into a nuclear plant. I learned a lot about the subject through the author's words. Newman has a unique talent for explaining a complicated topic in a simpler, intriguing way. The most challenging part of finishing this book is knowing I will have to wait until next year for her next fascinating rollercoaster of a thriller.

I've become such a fan of TJ Newman and especially love the audiobooks of his stories. They are so fast moving that I have to devour them in one day or I won't be able to sleep!! This keeps you on the edge of your seat. Hot tip: listen while you're on a plane!! haha


Thank you to NetGalley for this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

WHAT A RIDE. I’m pretty sure I was holding my breath for the entirety of this novel…it pulls the reader in and doesn’t let go until the last page.
Following the pilot’s sudden deadly heart attack, a commercial plane filled with passengers crashes into a small town in Minnesota, the debris causing its own vast destruction across the town, but the biggest problem of all: part of the plane crashed into the town’s nuclear power plant and its bringing the threat of a crisis worse than Chernobyl. It’s a race against time to save their town and prevent a global catastrophe and every member of this small town is proof of the power of community in crisis.
This was such a powerful story throughout every part - from the gut-wrenching terror and destruction scenes to the bravery and sacrifice from characters. Newman has finely crafted a unique thriller better than any murder mystery on the shelves. Highly recommend! The narrators were also fantastic at bringing these tense moments to life.
Thank you to Hachette Audio and Little, Brown and Company for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Combo of book and audio. Audio was excellent¡ Recommend way to go on this one. Would give audio 5 stars.

Her other two books were 5 stars for me. Would say this one was 3.75. Somehow slow but too much happening all at the same time. For that reason ended up finishing with the book to read faster

I loved this audiobook! There are parts where it switches and it sounds like the narrator is coming out through a radio and I absolutely loved it it really made the audiobook seem like you were right there in the disaster!

𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐: 5⭐️
𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎: mystery/thriller📚

𝙼𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜:
Not to be dramatic but this might be my favorite book of the year! This book unlocked so many new fears for me but I loved it!

𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎:
Suspenseful thrillers
Action packed survivals
Terrifying yet heartwarming reads
Fast paced and intense plots
Realistic characters
Themes of community and resilience
Small town setting
Unique storylines
Books that keep you on your feet

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍:
The narration was great
Binged it in one day

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛:
This book gave me so such much anxiety but I loved every minute of it lol

TJ Newman decides to crash a plane into a nuclear power plant in her latest novel - Worst Case Scenario.

"A commercial airline pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet and his plane filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant in Minnesota. Soon everyone from the President down to neighbors and friends are fighting to save their community and the world."

Newman is known for non-stop action and she never lets up. She goes from the events on the plane to wrecks on the Interstate to power outages in town to keeping the tension high at the nuclear power plant. People die and people are saved. First responders have to make critical decisions about who can be or should be saved. There are several moments where you're holding your breath, wondering what comes next. And hoping certain characters will make it (many won't)

The audio narration by Joe Morton is excellent. Probably one of the best produced audiobooks this year. The radio effects put you in the story.

One thing that I thought bogged the story down was the detail on Nuclear Disaster levels and disaster procedures and processes - too much overexplaining.

Another good action story from Newman.

Whoa! What a ride! Worst Case Scenario by flight attendant-turned-author T.J. Newman is intense and unputdownable. I was fortunate to obtain a review copy of the audiobook from NetGalley. It is brilliant in that format. The narrator, Joe Morton, told the story with a sense of urgency and the tension was palpable. There were some great special effects added as well, such as the sounds of people talking over emergency radios. I have read all 3 of Newman's books and each one is better than the last.

Worst Case Scenario starts out with a plane full of passengers crashing into a nuclear power plant in Minnesota after its pilot suffers a fatal heart attack during the flight. What follows is a fast-paced story of ordinary citizens springing into action and risking everything to save humanity from extinction. I loved every minute of it!

Big thanks to Hachette Audio, Little, Brown & Company, and NetGalley for a review copy of this audiobook.

What a wild ride! Literally!!

Worst Case Scenario (apt title) asks the question: what if a plane crashed into a nuclear power plant? and what if the infrastructure of that plant was already under-funded and falling apart?

I have never been so stressed but so interested while reading a book. T.J. Newman writes so cinematically you can see it playing in your head clear as day. I thought the different story lines were both extremely well done and can't wait to read more by her! (especially since I already own Falling and Drowning... book worm problems)

The audiobook added some really neat details too like radio voices and effects for people speaking through the CB radios!

Worst Case Scenario
T.J. Newman
The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) is a tool for communicating the safety significance of nuclear and radiological events to the public. It is used to enable prompt communication of safety significant information in case of nuclear accidents. Each increasing level represents an accident approximately ten times as severe as the previous level. The scale has 7 Levels. Chernobyl and Fukushima were Level 7.
This is a Level 8.
A commercial airliner, a 757 with 295 souls on board, was flying at 35000 feet. The pilot suffers a widow maker heat attack. The First Officer is in the bathroom when the plane plumets. There is no time to warn the passengers. The flight attendant cannot get to the radio. The plane nose dives, headed toward the Clover Hill Nuclear Power Plant.
Could it get any worse?
It Does.
When we face a Worst-Case Scenario the best of us shines through.
Steve Tostig, Joss Vance, Dani Allen, Ethan Ross and President Dawson and others forced to make impossible decisions. Innocent victims.
This is the tale of ordinary people, firefighters, teachers, power plant employees, families, neighbors, and friends facing an extraordinary situation. This was a life and death situation. Ordinary people demonstrate extraordinary courage, ingenuity, and determination to save the people they love, their community, the country and the world. Ordinary people, HEROES!
I could not turn this book off. I had to listen to the very last word. Joe Morton is a superb narrator. The tension is this book keep building in this tale. The characters came to life on the pages of this tale, and I wanted them all to live. If I could give this book 10 Stars I would. Publish Date is August 13, 2024.

Thank you NetGalley for providing a review copy.

Thank you to NetGalley, T.J. Newman & Hachette Audio for an audio ARC in exchange for an honest review. This review is wholly my own & may not be reproduced.

So far with T.J. Newman – I liked Falling, LOVED Drowning and sadly, wasn’t a huge fan of Worst Case Scenario. This was my least favorite yet. I never got invested until literally the very end when it got super tense. The first 90% was just “blah.” The inner-workings of a nuclear powerplant bored me to tears.

I just never really felt the suspense like I did with the first two books. I LOVE doing audio of T.J.’s books because the narrators do such a fantastic job of pulling you in and making it feel real. They did do that here, but not until the very end.

While this one was not a favorite of mine, I still love T.J.’s writing & stories & will absolutely read future books of hers.

Why do I read TJ Newman’s books? Every single time I get anxiety, high blood pressure and can’t concentrate on anything else. I mean, it’s incredibly hard to listen to her books while working. I get so caught up in the story, in the nonstop action, that my limbs dont want to function. I only have control over my ears. It makes life very difficult. But it is totally worth it!!!!
In Falling and Drowning, Newman gave us the horrors of being trapped inside a commercial plane, in really really bad scenarios. It couldn’t possibly get any worse, right? Well… Now Newman has taken us up in the plane again, but the horrors are what happen once the plan has crashed.. we are no longer dealing with saving passengers, now we are trying to save the world.
Newman has experience, but does her research. She knows everything about planes, has friends that pilot them. But how the heck did she get all of her information on nuclear reactors? Holy crap it’s so much to absorb. It all seems so freaking possible, which is terrifying.
I’ve only ever listened to TJ Newmann’s books. I don’t think I’ll read the print, even though I own them. The audio version is way to good. The narrator nails multiple voices and emotions. You are in the story, a part of the disaster, and you can escape. Something about having the book read to you is more terrifying, a whole experience. So yeah, if you want extra stress, listen to the book.

I finished Worst Case Scenario on my long drive yesterday and man it blew me away. It was nail biting and I literally gasped multiple times throughout. It also made me cry. The ending was so well done.

I’ll have nightmares about plane crashes and nuclear power plants. 😂

This book is now my absolute favorite of @tj_author and that’s saying a lot because I loved her other two as well.

If you love action thrillers with heart you’ll love this one.

Worst Case Scenario
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This book was soo good. I read it in one sitting. I couldn't put it down. The heroes in the story were great! You will cheer them on. The audio was really good! This book should be made into a movie. Don't miss out on this one. It was a different story unlike all the others which was great. I totally enjoyed it.
Thank U NetGalley!!

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC of this audiobook. Can I just say this is my new favorite author! This book had my heart racing the entire time. This is written so realistically that while I was doing dishes I was legit looking for airplane debris outside. This was such a wild story and was rooting for all the characters to fix the problem. And the ending. Such a classy approach to wrap the book. I really enjoyed it.

This is the second book I've read from T.J. Newman and I liked this book so much more than the other.

A commercial airplane crashes into a nuclear power plant and cuts the small town off from the rest of the world. Due to the location of the plant, if it reaches the status of meltdown the impact can affect so much of the land/ country. There are multiple subplots with different POVs and each one is intriguing. It's almost like there are two different books happening at once but it does open the world up and shows the reader how an event can affect many individuals simultaneously.

I was lucky enough to be approved for an early copy of the eARC and audiobook. I very highly recommend the audiobook. The narrator does a fantastic job with voices and acting that really made this feel like a movie. Also, the audiobook has some sound effects when it comes to radio transmissions that was a nice touch. There was a lot but an appropriate amount of this in the book to make this effect beneficial.

This is “dude flick” thriller to the max. It's so exciting and has so many explosions and carnage. So if you like those type of movies then you'll love this book.

However, this book also has a lot of heart. The reason I didn't care for the other book I read from Newman is that the “heroes” were infallible and no one else could solve the problem except them. In Worst Case Scenario the protagonists were very much human. They cared and made sacrifices but also mistakes. I became attached to many of the characters and I teared up at times.

I highly recommend this if you're looking for a thrilling page turning book but also want your heart wrenched.

Thank you Netgalley and Hachette Audio for allowing me to read this book early for an honest review.

I'm the biggest TJ Newman fan, and WORST CASE SCENARIO only solidified this fact further. I've rated each of her books five stars, and somehow they keep getting better every time! I can honestly say this one was by far my favorite.

This author can paint a picture like no one else. My favorite books are always the ones I can vividly picture in my mind, and TJ does this so well. I felt like I was in Weketa with these characters as I was listening, feeling it all alongside them. Joe Morton's narration absolutely made the emotions come alive.

I know nothing about nuclear power, but I felt that I could easily picture this power plant and feel the pressure of the global threat if these characters couldn't contain the fallout. I felt so strongly for the characters in this book, and love how they all come together for the good of the town and the nation.

I only wish this book was longer! No pressure, TJ, but I already can't wait for your next novel.

I have mixed feelings about this book - yes I’m an outlier. While it was indeed an adrenaline rush, I was less impressed with the characters. I thought there were WAY TOO MANY CHARACTERS in this novel. It’s hard for me to get fully invested when there are some characters that are central to the plot and another large handful that are ancillary characters.

PROS:

*** Interesting premise

*** I enjoyed the central characters: the firefighters, the people in charge of the power plant, the residents of the town of Waketa, Minnesota who tried to keep the residents informed during a complete power failure, etc

*** I liked the townspeople coming together for the good of everyone. I think that this has been proven time and again when tragedy strikes in a small, rural community.


CONS:

*** This could have been called an apocalyptic thriller since none of the events are based on real occurrences

*** I thought that “FALLING” had a well described and intricate plot while this book was really a lot of “what if this happened”, “what if that happened”.

*** I would have enjoyed a smaller cast of characters that were well developed and that I could really care about

This book did deliver an adrenaline rush as promised and it was entertaining while also being a nail biter.

I received an ARC of this novel from the publisher through NetGalley. I received the audiobook from NetGalley and Hachette Audio.

I enjoyed the audiobook the most as the narrators did a great job and their voices added to the tension in the novel.

I discovered T. J. Newman with her debut book, Falling. I was blown away at how it was such an edge of your seat thriller. When Drowning released, I was all in and it was even crazier and more action packed than her first book if that’s even possible. Both books took place on airplanes.

Newman’s third book starts off on a plane with a bang and really never stops… Ever. It’s extreme action packed from the first page. I was trying to read this one late at night and had to stop. I was getting too worked up and needed to relax to be able to sleep, so had to switch and read this during the day or early evenings.

In Worst Case Scenario, a pilot has a heart attack and dies while flying a large passenger plane. The plane ends up crashing into a nuclear plant and puts the whole world in jeopardy almost causing an apocalypse.

I absolutely fell in love with the brave men and women who tried to save the world or even just one child. I had to read the last few chapters twice because… that ending! The feels!

I both listened to the audiobook as narrated by Joe Morton, and then went back and reread major sections by ebook. I thought Joe Morton did a good job with the narration.

T. J. Newman is one of my autobuy authors now since all 3 of her books so far have been 5 star reads for me. Not sure how she’ll top Worst Case Scenario.

*Thanks so much to Hachette Audio, Little Brown and Co., and NetGalley for the advanced copies!*