This Is Where It Ends

by

Marieke Nijkamp

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Autumn Browne Character Analysis

One of the novel’s four narrators, a junior at Opportunity High School, and Tyler’s younger sister. On the day of the shooting, Autumn is grieving the second anniversary of her Mom’s death in a freak car accident. She’s also grappling with the consequences of this tragedy on her family: her Dad has descended into alcoholism and is increasingly hostile towards Autumn, who reminds him of his dead wife, while her older brother Tyler is given to disturbing mood swings, alternately loving and violent. Autumn has few friends at school and cultivates a gruff, outsider persona; her two comforts are her passion for dance, which she’s determined to pursue as a career, and her secret relationship with Sylvia, which gives her the love and validation she lacks at home. Although Autumn looks up to Tyler and is shocked by his actions, her flashbacks reveal that he’s been actively sabotaging her relationship and career plans for months in an effort to control her. Autumn’s memories provide a disturbing account of her brother’s sense of entitlement and desire for control, but also humanize him and provide nuance to his character. Although Autumn’s bond with Tyler is a negative contrast to that of Sylvia and Tomás, her persistent love for him argues that sibling ties are among the most central human relationships and the most difficult to escape. Although Autumn confronts her brother and expresses her unconditional love for him at the end of the novel, he maliciously shoots her in the knee before killing himself, ending her aspirations to become a dancer.

Autumn Browne Quotes in This Is Where It Ends

The This Is Where It Ends quotes below are all either spoken by Autumn Browne or refer to Autumn Browne. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Gun Violence Theme Icon
).
Chapter 2 Quotes

It’s as if all of Opportunity falls away. We’re lost between making a home and escaping one. It won’t be long before our secrets choke us, before she finally realizes I don’t deserve her and she leaves me too.

Related Characters: Autumn Browne (speaker), Sylvia Morales
Page Number: 12
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Because what can I tell her? That I have the ticket out of town she’s been longing for? That I don’t even know what to do with it? Before Mamá fell ill, I would’ve leaped at this chance. But how can I leave now? Autumn would never understand.

Related Characters: Sylvia Morales (speaker), Autumn Browne
Page Number: 22
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Chapter 4 Quotes

My brother, who cared for my bruises when Dad couldn’t contain his grief. Who helped me dance in secret. My fingers wrap around the ballet charm. Even after everything he’s done, he is my home.

Related Characters: Autumn Browne (speaker), Tyler Browne
Page Number: 42
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Chapter 5 Quotes

The only things that give us purpose are the stories that tie us together. We all have so many secrets to keep. And I hold mine close.

Related Characters: Sylvia Morales (speaker), Autumn Browne
Page Number: 50
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Chapter 8 Quotes

This town—this school is taking everything away from me. My home. My mother. My sister. Why am I to blame?

Related Characters: Tyler Browne (speaker), Autumn Browne
Page Number: 99
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Chapter 10 Quotes

I can’t imagine what it’s like not to have that. For as much as I despise Tyler, I love Autumn. It’s why I could never tell her what he did. I want her to be able to keep the only true family she has.

Related Characters: Sylvia Morales (speaker), Autumn Browne, Tyler Browne
Page Number: 46
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Chapter 12 Quotes

“It was your fault,” he says. “All of this, it’s your fault.”

Related Characters: Tyler Browne (speaker), Autumn Browne
Page Number: 143
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Chapter 16 Quotes

I need to get to Sylv before Ty sees her. Because if he does, there will be nothing left. If she dies, I will never be able to tell her that she is the one who keeps me standing. That her lips taste like a promise. That she makes me want to be a better version of myself.

Related Characters: Autumn Browne (speaker), Sylvia Morales, Tyler Browne
Page Number: 187
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 24 Quotes

The last thing I see before I fade is Ty turning the gun on himself. The last thing I hear is Ty saying, “I just don’t want to be alone anymore.”

Related Characters: Autumn Browne (speaker), Tyler Browne
Page Number: 261
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 25 Quotes

Ty made good on his promise. I didn’t need to die for him to kill me. He simply lowered his gun and pulled the trigger. And his bullet tore my knee to shreds.

Related Characters: Autumn Browne (speaker), Tyler Browne
Page Number: 270
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Autumn Browne Quotes in This Is Where It Ends

The This Is Where It Ends quotes below are all either spoken by Autumn Browne or refer to Autumn Browne. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Gun Violence Theme Icon
).
Chapter 2 Quotes

It’s as if all of Opportunity falls away. We’re lost between making a home and escaping one. It won’t be long before our secrets choke us, before she finally realizes I don’t deserve her and she leaves me too.

Related Characters: Autumn Browne (speaker), Sylvia Morales
Page Number: 12
Explanation and Analysis:

Because what can I tell her? That I have the ticket out of town she’s been longing for? That I don’t even know what to do with it? Before Mamá fell ill, I would’ve leaped at this chance. But how can I leave now? Autumn would never understand.

Related Characters: Sylvia Morales (speaker), Autumn Browne
Page Number: 22
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 4 Quotes

My brother, who cared for my bruises when Dad couldn’t contain his grief. Who helped me dance in secret. My fingers wrap around the ballet charm. Even after everything he’s done, he is my home.

Related Characters: Autumn Browne (speaker), Tyler Browne
Page Number: 42
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 5 Quotes

The only things that give us purpose are the stories that tie us together. We all have so many secrets to keep. And I hold mine close.

Related Characters: Sylvia Morales (speaker), Autumn Browne
Page Number: 50
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 8 Quotes

This town—this school is taking everything away from me. My home. My mother. My sister. Why am I to blame?

Related Characters: Tyler Browne (speaker), Autumn Browne
Page Number: 99
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 10 Quotes

I can’t imagine what it’s like not to have that. For as much as I despise Tyler, I love Autumn. It’s why I could never tell her what he did. I want her to be able to keep the only true family she has.

Related Characters: Sylvia Morales (speaker), Autumn Browne, Tyler Browne
Page Number: 46
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 12 Quotes

“It was your fault,” he says. “All of this, it’s your fault.”

Related Characters: Tyler Browne (speaker), Autumn Browne
Page Number: 143
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 16 Quotes

I need to get to Sylv before Ty sees her. Because if he does, there will be nothing left. If she dies, I will never be able to tell her that she is the one who keeps me standing. That her lips taste like a promise. That she makes me want to be a better version of myself.

Related Characters: Autumn Browne (speaker), Sylvia Morales, Tyler Browne
Page Number: 187
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 24 Quotes

The last thing I see before I fade is Ty turning the gun on himself. The last thing I hear is Ty saying, “I just don’t want to be alone anymore.”

Related Characters: Autumn Browne (speaker), Tyler Browne
Page Number: 261
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 25 Quotes

Ty made good on his promise. I didn’t need to die for him to kill me. He simply lowered his gun and pulled the trigger. And his bullet tore my knee to shreds.

Related Characters: Autumn Browne (speaker), Tyler Browne
Page Number: 270
Explanation and Analysis: