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Alano and Paz’s stories being so intertwined was so shocking. Learning more and more about their past just made the ending so much more heartbreaking
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt
Finished this book and just had "What do you mean?" repeating in my head as if I'm in one of Paz' spirals
Best plot twist I think I've ever seen
Now I need the next book so I can have some facts, please and thank you 🙏😊
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mass/school shootings
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage
I loved the cameos and mentions of characters from the other books, and often found myself squealing when my favorite characters made guest appearances.
More than that, though, I loved the way the relationship between Pas and Alano grew. It felt more natual than the others, but that is also likely due to the nature of it not being limited to a single day. Generally, I loved Pas and Alano and how genuinely and heartbreakingly relatable they are. I was so very emotionally invested in each of them, very close to the beginning — but I'm uncertain as if if that was from just this book or how I binge-read all three Death-Cast books consecutively (which I would not recommend for the weak of heart).
All in all, I loved this book and its characters so much it was heartwrenching.
Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse
Minor: Alcoholism
maybe it‘s a very personal story or a way to reflect for the author, but to me some parts seem almost harmful
it was catchy enough for me to want to finish reading it though and it‘s fun to find all the little hints and references to other characters and events from the series
i‘m curious to see what the next book will be, especially with
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
My first issue is the whole concept of Paz needing Alano to love him and rescue him and give him a reason to keep living. I have personally had someone trap me into an extremely toxic relationship using that kind of mentality, and it is not healthy. Maybe it works out okay for Paz and Alano, but it’s setting a dangerous example for all of the real-life young adults who might be reading this and thinking that if they really love their partner, then they should be like Alano and become both lover and therapist, and blame themselves every time something goes wrong.
Second, why does the whole world hate Paz so much? Some of this is his skewed perception of the world because of the MDD and BPD, but a lot of it is real. It just seems highly unlikely to me that so many people would believe that a nine-year-old boy is a vicious murderer, even when all evidence and a full blown trial prove it was self defense and to save his mom.
Third, Rio and Joaquin are both major assholes, and Ariana isn’t too great, either. Rio and Joaquin in particular seem to oscillate wildly between being decent people who have made some mistakes but who love Alano, to being absolute monsters. It strains my credulity and felt contrived to hype up the drama.
Fourth, it has become abundantly clear that Silvera really struggles to write women as anything more than briefly mentioned side characters. In this book, both Gloria and Naya get their own chapters sprinkled in, and literally the entire time we’re in their POVs, all they can do is obsess about their children, their miscarriages, their pregnancies, etc. Other side characters like Rolando and Joaquin get to be real people with depth, agency, and a wide breadth of concerns, but the mothers in this book only ever get to be mothers. Even Andrea Donahue doesn’t get to be greedy and out for self-gain—everything she does is for her daughter. It’s like Silvera can’t imagine another motive for literally any action ever if the character is a mother. And also, apparently Silvera thinks it’s worth suffering through 12 miscarriages and literally almost dying to have a child?!? Major yikes. This is why adoption exists, people…
Finally, the entire end sequence felt jarring. To avoid spoilers, let’s just say that the jump from Alano’s discovery about his alerts to where he ends up was way too sudden and way too extreme, and once again, the only solution that worked was true love and the whole “you jump, I jump line” (which was great in the movie Titanic but is super effing toxic IRL).
The takeaways from this book seem to be: 1. If you’re suicidal, the only way out is to find true love, and 2. If you’re a mother, you lose your personhood to the role. So what started out promising ended up being a huge disappointment, and I’m not sure if I’ll be picking up the next book 4, which really is a shame because I loved the first two so much.
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship
- It was his mom that signed Alano to Death Cast again.
- I knew Alano was the reason for the Decker Dozen and his dad knows.
- Alano is probably going to get the call. Or maybe it is Paz but one of them is going to get the call.
- This book focused a lot on mental health. I think it felt more mature than the other two. I’m assuming he’s going to destroy us in the next one.
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse, Grief
Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic