Reviews - The Survivor Wants To Die At The End

814 reviews for:

The Survivor Wants To Die At The End

Adam Silvera

4.03 AVERAGE

v99venneman's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

luky07's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wesleygage's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book did not need to be so long. I loved the first two in the series, this one has too much childish drama and overreactions. The Y really stood out in this YA Drama

susysstories's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The second half went by quite quickly which means I was fully invested even though the first part was a bit slow. Liked the characters and their stories. The only moment I raised my eyebrows was

when Alano said he’d heard the secret when he was in the womb and remembered it….

Looking forward to the next book.

Characters 8
Atmosphere 8
Writing Style 8
Premise 7
Execution/Plot 7
Execution/Pace 6
Execution/Setup 7
Enjoyment/Engrossment 7
Narration 7

jules_cnnt's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

ekfavori's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I am never disappointed by silvera’s writing or the good story I’m guaranteed when I pick up one of his books. this was an excellent story, and i’m blown away by how all of the old characters from previous books seamlessly give tribute to the new ones (it was rude to almost make me cry before chapter 3, but that’s besides the point). it was hard to read about the violent mood swings and jumping to conclusions when someone doesn’t text you back right away. that felt extremely childish and manipulative. but honestly, maybe that’s the point? by the end, we learned not to do that. which was a beautiful thing I was hoping would happen. I had no idea this book was going to lead into another one until I flipped that last page. so I am FULLY on board with the story we’ve set up here, I know it’ll be a good one.

mmmbecs's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

staygold7's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous inspiring tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bmeurer's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

erebus53's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

This is the third book of the series (the second one being a prequel). This one revisits the fallout of the very first day of Deathcast and the trauma of two guys whose relationships with their fathers have caused some serious mess in their lives.
This story is a lot darker (is that possible) than the previous two. There is less meet cute, and more self-harm. Do not take content warnings lightly as it's quite graphic in places. The anguish does not reach the lows of A LIttle Life by Hanya Yanagihara but it's got some similar elements.

The flow of this one is kind of derailed as it feels like there are preachy little teachable moments peppered all through it. This is a novel stitched through with primers on psychosis and Borderline Personality Disorder. At times the medical model is a bit cringe inducing. This could be really important information for someone, but I'm not that someone.

There is some full-on cheese. Some impossibly supernatural coincidences but I don't hate it.. it's kinda fun and poetic. I love that Silvera has created an entire replacement fandom for his world, where a hugely popular book franchise about a group of young magicians was written by a trans women and has been adapted into an immensely popular screen franchise with dedicated amusement park experiences. And there is another series with werewolves and vampires that glitter.. yeah. Well it lightens the mood, and the geekiness is lovely.

I'm kind of gutted that things end on a cliffhanger, though it's teasing that there is yet more to come for these characters.

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