Reviews - The Survivor Wants To Die At The End

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The Survivor Wants To Die At The End

Adam Silvera

4.02 AVERAGE

fatoodles's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional slow-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

In The Survivor Wants to Die at the End, we are introduced to some familiar characters. Paz Dario is the son of Gloria and Frankie Dario from The First to Die at the End. Adam Silvera brings us into Paz's life 10 years after the events of that faithful first day. In short things did not go well for Paz. His bright future hit a wall when he was used as a pawn in a mission to show that Death Cast was bad for society. We are also introduced to Alano Rosa, the son of Joaquin and Naya Rosa, and the heir to Death Cast. While Alano has had everything life can offer him at his finger tips he lives in his own suffering. As the heir to Death Cast he is also a political pawn and someone who is unable to choose his own destiny. Fate brings Paz and Alano together and in true Adam Silvera fashion they bond over their shared traumas. Not a lot actively happens in this 700 page book but it is an emotional ride as we follow these two teenagers.

While I loved They both die at the end....I wonder if maybe it would be best served as a stand alone novel. It was the shortest of the three but hit the hardest. I thought The First to Die at the End was dragging an unrelatable and unbelievable love story but while I do believe that Alano and Paz make sense the rest of the story is dragggggggggggging.

It really starts with me having a very difficult time understanding why a society would believe a child was a danger for trying to save his mom from an abusive man who had just killed someone else ....like make it make sense? Also while I understand everything Paz has gone through I still have so little patience for his constant whining. This is only half a complaint because clearly Adam Silvera did a good job at representing this particular mental disorder because I was really affected by it.
Then we got to the reveal for Alano and I was really rolling my eyes, I get why it sucks....but why is it even necessary to the plot? We don't have to do all that.
The story was plodding along with nothing really happening and alot of repetition throughout. Some for the sake of "art" but some really felt like editing errors. Plus one of the characters is really into the two in-universe fantasy worlds in the story and there is just a lot of extra information thrown at us. That plus all of the character cameos had me pretty overwhelmed.

And then the ending....not really sure what to say about that.
If the next book is as wordy/whiney as this one I might not read it.... Though like 15% of me wants to know how this will all play out. 🤷🏽‍♀️

izzys_internet_bookshelf's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional sad 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

So when I started this book I honestly had no idea what I was getting into, I always heed the trigger warnings in the beginning of books but this one has to be one of the heaviest ones I have ever read. I binge read the book on a four hour road trip and not only did it leave me sobbing at times, it also made me want some answers with that ending. I will say I didn’t recall a lot of characters but it wasn’t hard to get the general idea of them from a quick google search. I loved reading about Paz and Alano’s story and I can’t wait for the next book to be published.

tales_of_erasmo's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

sophiaj321's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Honestly this book pissed me off. The things I liked about the previous two novels in this series are completely absent from this one. Both of the main characters are kinda insufferable. This book feels significantly longer than the others in the series and after all that, we get no conclusion. It just leaves a cliff hanger ending. I liked the previous books and the way they are framed. One day following a cast of characters as they grapple with mortality. I feel like this one is just… empty of any depth. Its a shame because I really liked the previous ones. I dont plan to find out the end of Paz and Alanos story.

hannaah04's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad 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: Yes

AHHH I NEED THE NEXT BOOK NOW. honestly it took me a while to finish the last few chapters of this book because i really didn’t want it to end and i didn’t want to leave Paz and Alano. After reading these 3 books in succession I felt so involved in the world. I loved the loops to our other boys in the first books, Rufus getting this first bike, Orion writing a novel for Valentino. I love them all so much and I feel sad to be leaving them all for now. this book was quite difficult to read at times because of the subject matter. but i think it was portrayed really well, like it showed how messy and hurtful it all is for everyone involved. i also can’t believe i waited 700 pages for Paz and Alano to kiss omg. but it saved their lives. so it was definitely the kiss of the century. saying that i loved the others too. rufus and mateo in the nightclub. orion and valentino on the bridge. i really like these books and i’m super nervous for the next one. but i’m excited to have more paz and Alano and i’m hoping we get some more Orion. i feel like that wasn’t quite finished. joaquin scares me a little bit. i’m nervous to see what’s going to happen. but i loved these books and i can’t wait for the next one!!

teslis's review against another edition

4.0

The first book is still the best, but I liked this one more than the second one. It´s a book that is super graphic and I had to paus sometimes after some chapters. Still a important read and I will have to read the next book.

The only thing I´m annoyed with this book it that it didn´t have a end. Like for reall after 700 pages it´s still going. I really thout it was going to end with Alano dying and Paz tryng to stay alive for a while. But we will see what hapends in the last book.

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baya_111's review against another edition

2.25

Extremely upset that it wasn't clear from the start that this would be a two-part story. It kinda ruined the whole book for me? Left such a bad taste in my mouth.
That being said the story itself is kinda interesting but I'm a bit tired of the metaverse.

aliciab013's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

starliot's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad 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: Yes

blondefish's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad 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: Yes

I love this world so much. Every book has just the most heartbreaking moments. There is a particular moment with an older man in a store that really touched me.
That said I do feel this one was a tad long and harder to get into than the others. I'm not sure why as I do love Paz quite a bit. I think maybe Alano was a character that I struggled a bit more to love. His brain is complicated and at least for the first half I felt he was a tad obnoxious.
But I am still truly looking forward to the next book. Maybe it's because the others span over the course of a single day. It did make me want to reread book one but I'm not sure if I'm mentally in a place to handle that. I could also see why this one could be quite triggering so definitely read the trigger warnings before starting.

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